Hi all,
I would like to update my method of backing up at home so that it has fewer manual steps, and is less subject to error. Currently, I use SuperDuper! for manual approximately weekly backups of our laptops (2). I have just one external drive, so if it dies, I'll not have any backups. Here are some questions: 1. I currently use SuperDuper! so that I can have a bootable backup. Time Machine does not make bootable backups. Do most people use both methods of backup, or do you rely on booting from a (now user-made) install disk + Time Machine? 2. I would like to backup wirelessly, so backups can happen w/o intervention. Time Machine seems simple for this. Has anyone done this over a period of time and been happy? [Something makes me think Lee has done this, but I'm not sure of his happiness level.] 3. Having a redundant RAID seems like a good idea (though pricey). Drobos cost $399, and are really made for 4 drives (but will make a redundant raid starting with 2 drives) [1]. 4. Quite a ways back, Lee had mentioned that he used Seagate Constellation ES drives in a RAID for keeping his household's data backed up, but he does not use a Drobo. A question for Lee: do you have enclosures made for RAIDs or do you buy one-drive enclosures and set up the RAID by hand? 4.1 A followup, also to Lee...if the RAID is set up by hand, how difficult is it to do and to maintain? 5. When looking this up on the web, it seemed like wireless backup works only with USB drives hanging off the router (a not-quite-the-latest Apple Airport Extreme). Having a faster drive would not help, because the wireless speeds are slower still. If I get new enclosure(s), is it a waste of money to get fancier (firewire, esata) busses? I suppose this is actually quite a lot of questions, but if anyone has experience, that would be more valuable than searching the web and finding (as I have already) reviews from people who used the devices for at most a week before writing a glowing review. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bill P.S. I just replaced my 3.5-year-old iPhone 3G with a 0-year-old iPhone 4S. Quite the nice surprise. [1] http://drobo.com/products/capacity-calculator/index.php , needs Flash _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
