Bino,
Reads like you really need a NAS. JMHO. Here is my recc:
http://www.readynas.com/?cat=49
{suggest "ReadyNAS Home/Prosumer Products.pdr}
I own/use the DUO. Very sweet appliance! Yes, there are other
options too; like a bookshelf full of external HDs, The Cloud, a
machine dedicated to backup duties....... YMMV.
Duncan
On 09/20/2011 14:22, Bino Gopal wrote:
Soooo.yes I know I'm going to sound like an idiot, but let's just say I have
my own idiosyncratic ways of doing things and I get set in them, but I am
trying to make a change and be better about some of this stuff (it's slow
going, but at least it's going!).
To that point, I haven't really backed up my stuff, and I have 5 laptops
with data on them, and 1 home PC (well two if I count the really old P3 from
2000 that still has stuff I need). Figuring I should really get on this
before things get worse (I thought my main PC had died the other day, and
the drives are configured in RAID 0 and I realize reconstructing that
would've been a major pain, right Tim? ;P) and get this stuff backed up!
So what's the easiest way to do this? I guess I could use a cloud service
and let it run in the background, but I've got TBs of stuff, and there's
that Seattle guy who got shut down by Comcast b/c he exceeded his quota by
uploading stuff to the cloud
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/seattle-comcast/, and I don't want to
run afoul of Time Warner b/c they're the only fast internet game in my town.
Which leaves me with local backup options. I figure I can get like a 2-3TB
drive and use my BlackX external USB (tho eSATA would be preferable but most
of my laptops don't have it-in fact none do *sigh*) and just backup over USB
(at least the newer laptops with more data on them are USB 2.0!) and that's
my best option.
The only question at this point is what software (if any) I should use? I
don't mind paying for something if it's that much better and will make my
life easier-ease of use is worth it for me now, so good features are
welcome! Or should I just copy C:\ in Explorer over to the new drive and
backup each computer separately that way? Thoughts, advice, comments,
opinions all welcome guys!
BINO
