On Jan 1, 2010, at 1:29 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >> My backup scenario is as follows: >> Powermac G5 2.3 dual, 5gb ram w/Seritek1V4 & G5 Jive and Leopard. >> Main boot drive in the 'built-in" drive bay (A) 500gb >> Misc. storage in "built-in" drive bay (B) 500gb >> Boot drive clone in G5 Jive 500gb (seperate drive) >> Time machine volume in G5 Jive 500gb (seperate drive) >> Misc. storage clone in G5 Jive 500gb (Seperate drive) >> >> I know there are downsides to this setup, but can't really think of >> any at the moment. Jeff >> > > I too have a G5 dual 2.7 I have the Jive 5 stuff and am awaiting the > dough for the Seritek 1V4 card > I assume your TimeMachine is only backing up your A drive ( the top > slot.)? The 2TB drives are coming > down in price so I guess I'l bend over for a 10 TB 8 GB super box. > However I have found I like Tiger > better on the PPCs Except for watching DVDs. So I use a 250GB > partition with Leopard and CCC for > backups. Each day at 3:00 pm. > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda USA > > Just be careful those TB drives have low power consumption? of course you've got a 600w power supply... and yes, time machine is only on the A slot (upper). If it wasn't for screen sharing I'd go back to tiger. I bought a 1TB drive last year and all was good till I needed to wipe the hummer with zeroes.. took a long time... also if one goes down, that's a lot of info to retrieve. I guess if the price drops, I'll reconsider my options. Then again, maybe it'll be mac pro time! J
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