I've been following this thread with some interest and thought I would chime in. So far the solutions that have been offered thus all related to backup (mozy) and/or direct online access to files (dropbox, zumodrive). Personally, I use all three of these solutions.
However, the way the original question was worded suggest something else. Without getting too technical (I'm in marketing anyhow, not IT) what he was asking about is pretty much what you find in many network environments which is two or more hard drives where one is primary and the others are exact, real-time replicas of the first. That way, if any one hard drive fails, the system just continues on using the other(s) until the one that failed can be replaced. I'm not sure if this really is what Ron was asking for but this is how you get that behavior (i.e. a "single" file that is stored on two different physical drives on location and is kept in constant sync). Ron, if in fact this is what you want, you want to be doing searches on keywords like "RAID Disk Array", "Hard Drive Mirror", 'Disk Redundancy" etc. However, if your non-technical or are looking for an inexpensive solution, this is probably not the way to go. The best solutions have already been suggested - store your data wherever you want (locally, dropbox, zumodrive, etc) and use an online backup solution such as Mozy.com, carbonite.com or even Amazon.com's solution. You can extend that even further using some of the batch job techniques mentioned earlier to copy/sync data to another physical drive. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Tim Rosenlof <[email protected]> wrote: > Dropbox > www.dropbox.com > > Mozy.. > > My preference is for zumodrive > www.zumodrive.com/ > > Tim R. > > On 3/14/2011 10:46 AM, Reba Solomon wrote: > > To All - My backups are taken care of automatically, as part of my free > > online storage. It's a website with Cloud technology that > > also synchronizes whatever I want, and shares whatever I want. I love > > it! Reba > > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Robert E. Carneal > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > Ron- another way to do it if you are willing to take the expense and > > time- > > > > Make two more copies, say every month or so, and send them to two > > different relatives or friends for them to keep for you. I do that- I > > send them both out of town- one to another city in the same state and > > the 2nd to a friend several states away. > > > > Robert > > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Ron Weeks <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Ron Weeks <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> > > > Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:54 AM > > > Subject: Data Storage > > > To: [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > Is it possible to store the .fdb file, which is in > > C:\Legacy\Data, to a 2nd hard drive automatically using the > > Locations tab under Customize? > > > I want to store my main data file into 2 separate hard drives in > > the computer (c and f) so that I won't lose data in the event of a c > > drive failure. This needs to be done automatically without having to > > make a separate backup. > > > Regards > > > Ron Weeks > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
