I decided to deal with that very issue with the following: - Back up everything but pictures, videos, and music to the cloud automatically, using Carbonite; - manually backup pictures, videos, and music to a pair of portable external hard drives, with one of the pair being stored off site at a friends house.
The assumption here is that my big files (pictures, videos, and music) don't typically change on a daily basis, but rather in big clumps, such as after a trip. My fear is that Carbonite and similar products will drain my computer resources monitoring and uploading a large number of usually static, big files. Ward P.S.: I install Legacy in the default location, but maintain my family files and multimedia (just copies for Legacy use, normally reduced in size) on a USB thumb drive. The USB drive can be used on either the desktop or laptop, with no worries about where the 'master' or most recent data is. Legacy backups go to the hard drive of whichever computer is in use. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marg Strong To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy installations - laptop & desktop allowed? I think you are talking about the "cloud?" I've looked at a couple of unlimited amounts with a reasonable annual fee, but don't know how much longer they will stay unlimited. With about 700 GB of photos and Genealogy files it would take a long time to upload, with no guarantee the price will stay reasonable. It might be worth checking out to upload Legacy files and folders though! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Wes <[email protected]> I am using Google Drive for my backups which I perform 3 times a week. My C drive backup goes to another online backup site. Wes 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
