Folks at our bank think I am crazy to come in every Saturday to swap out my LTO3 backup media cartridge tapes. I tell them I hope in 30 years I can say it was all a waste of time. But for now I keep 3 sets in weekly rotation, constantly. The most I ought to lose is one week, two at the worst, if anything real bad to happen. If it is all lost, then Rochester, NY, will have become a smoldering pile of rubble due to an atomic strike or something. I really think I have it all covered real nicely. That said, a service like Carbonite is also a good thing. In my case I do not feel I need it, but since you mentioned it I may re-examine it for my more volatile files (Outlook.pst, Quicken and QuickBooks).
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners > > > I also use carbonite which is awesome. I've tried to spread this > word to my friends who don't get it. One bought an external HD > after I told him about Carbonite and was all proud. > > So I said to him, "what if you have a fire or someone steals your > computer and your backup drive, you leave them attached to each > other all the time? > > No response. > > For 40 bucks a year you can't go wrong. > > ************************************************* > > > > --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Gil Hale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Gil Hale <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 10:22 AM > > I am so pleased that over the years I have seen so many of > > our fellow > > FoxHeads speak about taking backups so seriously. Ed once > > told me there are > > two kinds of computer users. This that have lost data, and > > those that will. > > I have lost data in the deep, dark past - before I knew > > about backups. I do > > not want to re-join the "those that will" club, > > so I hedge my bets pretty > > aggressively. Yet, for all the protection I give my data I > > still think > > there is more I could do. At some point it becomes a > > matter of "protection > > at what cost". That is a far cry from, "I > > can't afford protection at any > > price, so I will take my chances. Besides I have not lost > > a hard drive > > yet...", which I see too often. > > > > Gil > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of > > Kevin Cully > > > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:09 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners > > > > > > > > > Point taken. I guess my point was that my clients > > thought that RAID was > > > enough to provide availability, but I've seen the > > backplane fail more > > > often than a HD. In these cases, they were down for a > > day or two while > > > they scrambled to get a cheap server in place and > > configured and > > > restored to get the system back up and running. > > > > > > Safe, offsite storage is important no matter what. I > > keep all of > > > CULLYTech offsite as a backup. > > > > > > -Kevin > > > CULLY Technologies, LLC > > > > > > > > > Ted Roche wrote: > > > > The biggest mistake I see clients make in this > > situation is thinking > > > > that RAID == backup. It's not. RAID provides > > _availability_, so that a > > > > single HDD failure doesn't take down the > > facility. They still need > > > > backup. That's a separate thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
