I've switched from backing to dvd to just keeping multiple drives, everything in at least two spots. It's much easier.
Mike On Feb 1, 2008 6:16 PM, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony B wrote: > > Hard drives can and do fail suddenly and without warning. But your > backup > > strategy seems to consist entirely of adding more hard drives! This is > > certainly incorrect, but you don't need to wait for blu-ray; use DVDs > like > > the rest of us do. > > > Please forgive me for this reply, I am certainly not trying to get the > "last word" in an argument. > > The reason that I reply is to point out that as data multiplies over > time the usual advisable backup practices become obsolete. Using DVDs > is maybe no longer a good option. > > I have backed up my internal bootable drive C: and my internal data > drive F: (I earlier wrote that the F: drive was used as a backup of C:, > but when reformatting and restoring I find that this has not been true > for several years since there was not enough space on F: to backup C:). > The backup media for all internal drives is external hard drives; the > external hard drives contain VERY much additional data that I can't back > up. > > Were I to try to back up 1.3 terabytes of data (less, say, about 300 GB > of backup on the external drives) onto single-sided DVDs, it would > require about 215 DVDs. Double-sided DVDs, maybe 114 DVDs. This is way > too many DVDs to back up with any frequency or for any reasonable cost. > > My backup problem may affect few today, but I think that it will become > more common as hard drives expand their capacity and people use their > computer in greater ways. At present, I think that very large SATA hard > drives of 1 Terrabyte (does Windows XP support these?) or BluRay disks > are the only options for large data size backups. Are there other > options? > > At this point I know that you all don't need to know more, so you don't > need to read below the following in which I say what kind of computing > that I do that requires such large disk storage. > > > ==================== Read only if you're interested! > > > My PC at home has 4 profiles: Me, my wife, and two daughters. > > ==== Me: > > 1. I am involved with engineering design and signal processing. Some > of these require large data bases as well as large data storage. This > must be kept until the end of a contract. > > 2. I also do much video processing, audio processing, photo processing, > and complicated graphics design including flash animations. These are > more than 500 GB. > > 3. I do both musical composition and web design. > > 4. My work does not supply me with the best software or hardware for > all of the above (and more things needed),so that I do most of my work > at home on my PC. This means that I have purchased a large number of > software for the purpose needed. > > ==== Wife: > > She does photo processing and graphics design. Getting into video > processing. > > ==== Daughter 1 > > She does video processing, graphics processing, photo processing, and > gaming. > > ==== Daughter 2 > > She is a stage manager, who makes graphics designs and does lengthy > video presentations. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC > http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
