Actually, sorry, I use Mozy, not Carboninte. :-) On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Brian Kotek <[email protected]> wrote:
> I use Acronis True Image to create weekly drive images for my C: drive (SSD > housing OS, Eclipse, etc.) and D: drive (2 TB Data) drives to a separate > internal drive (E:), as well as nightly incremental images. Acronis is worth > the money over the built-in Windows system image tool because it can verify > the image (mandatory IMO), define any schedule you wish (such as mixing full > and incremental), lets you browse and restore individual files from the > images at will, and lets you perform a restore on different hardware if > necessary. > > Second layer is Carbonite, doing a full web backup of all critical data, as > a last resort in the event of physical destruction of the system. > > Having learned a long time ago the brutally harsh lesson about backing up > my data, the minor expenses associated with this setup is a steal compared > to the time and effort I've wasted trying to recover data. > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Bryan Stevenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Carbonite eh.....I've seen it mentioned a few times....saw a commercial >> for it over the weekend for the 1st time. >> >> Perhaps I didn't understand the offer, but it sure seemed like online >> (i.e. the cloud) was the repository?? >> >> If so, I'm curious why the cloud is seen as a safe backup solution? >> >> The only use I can see for cloud based backups is a secondary backup in >> case of say a fire at home (where you may not have a fire safe)...or >> perhaps a flood. To use it as primary backup seems even more prone to >> problems than a kid yanking on cords (given that it's beyond your >> control....but it would be safe from your own kids...hehe). >> >> Anyways, just curious to see what folks think and to make sure I'm not >> missing some silver bullet solution to backups ;-) >> >> TIA >> >> Cheers >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
