On Sep 23, 2008, at 6:44 PM, diane wrote:
> > At 2:01 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: >> >>> >> Diane; >> Your thoughts trouble me, because you are mixing two, only >> peripherally related things. >> >> The 'Mirroring', provides some 'convenience' benefits, but almost >> nothing Re: 'Backup Strategy'. >> >> The NAS, is also a 'convenience' thing only. >> >> The only connection to a 'Backup strategy', is if the hardware of the >> NAS never has a problem. (Have you met Mr. Murphy yet?) >> >> See my recent thread "Backups, intent and practice" for more info. >> >> Chuck D. > > > Hi Chuck, > > I have been reading your thread. I was figuring on running a dual > internal system and continuing to backup on my 2 externals. These > will need to be upgraded as time goes on as I have a 350gb and a > 160gb. Externals are good. And there does need to be more than one External. Actually, the '3 Sets' rule (not previously stated as a Rule' would fit here also. Maybe some 'Thumb Drives' for groups of Pix? or other 'Data' type files. > > They currently handle about 40gb from my laptop and the 120gb from > the desktop, in addition to being the only places where my pix are > (both externals). And some of my archived projects are on them. But I > realize as the internal storage grows, the external backups need to > as well. > > 20 years in IT with redundant backups did teach me something. :) Gee, You got the "Official" training. ;-) Getting it 'In the trenches', sometimes means two or three cycles of 'Disaster', before the light finally clicks ON. ;-) Chuck D. > > Thanks, > > Diane > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
