On Jul 23, 2008, at 7:51 PM, William Robb wrote: >> 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.
Similarly, I unplug the desktop system completely and move to the laptop if there's anything like the Four Horses of the Apocalypse arriving here. (In 20 years, I think I've seen two real thunder/lightning storms in this area, but big wind and occasional power outages do happen now and then.) Godfrey -- 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.
