----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Two external HD's or stay with CD's
> > The reason I'm slowly putting everything on DVD as well is for off-site > storage - in case of fire or, particularly, lightning. A direct > lightning strike could easily fry both hard drives, making backup kind > of moot :) This might not be an issue for some people but, Pittsburgh is > right on the edge of the Appalachians and we get some wicked > thunderstorms here. And I'm not confident enough in the abilities of > surge protection gear. This is why my Drobo is unplugged unless I am actively backing up to it, and if there is any hint of an electrical storm I unplug the power bar that supplies my computer. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
