On Sep 21, 2008, at 3:56 AM, g3-5-list group wrote:
> == 3 of 3 == > Date: Sat, Sep 20 2008 4:11 am > From: Charles Davis > > On Sep 20, 2008, at 1:44 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >> >> On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Charles Davis wrote: >> >>> Myself, I have with my MDD's several layers of complete system >>> backups. Right now, there are 14 partitions, 6 of them being OSX. >>> 4.11 >>> bootable systems of varying ages. If I include the external Neptune, >>> there are 4 more partitions, 1= 9.2.2, 3= OSX.4.11 systems. >> >> I had a giant mess of different partitions and backups, but I decided >> to take the opposite track. I had data spread over lots of different >> computers and systems, so I consolidated everything onto one single >> volume. This was Raid 0 for both lower cost and higher access speed. >> I'm backing up onto a single external Time Capsule HD using Time >> Machine. Never had to touch my backup yet. I hope it works! >> > I like to believe in the Advertising claims, BUT I want a way back, > if at all possible. > [Similar to "Trust, but Verify" in Foreign Relations.] > > You have moved to a 'One' failure point operation [With Backup, true]. > > I don't have Leopard (yet?), matter of $ and inertia, BUT, if I had > "Time Machine" available, I know I would feel more secure if I made > Separate, full backup copies periodically. I agree, but I would like to see more discussion here of Time Machine and Time Capsule. It seems that this technology is not yet fail- safe. Time Machine may be more robust when hardwired than with Time Capsule; is this the thrust of the experience to date? And a clone via Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper is more robust than what you get with Time Machine; true? As for RAID 0, I see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID saying: "RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across several disks in a way which gives improved speed and full capacity, but all data on all disks will be lost if any one disk fails." So, for back up purposes, I see Time Machine/Time Capsule as being handy for recovering user files for whatever reason, especially if bad things happen between cloning events. But the safest back up is a clone to an external hard drive that is disconnected when not actually cloning or recovering. More discussion please? Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
