Carbonite only backs up internal hard disks, it won't back up externals. So what I do is run it either on the server or a server mirror.
Right now, it only runs on XP and Vista. If your backup hasn't run in a week, due to your internet being down, or your carbonite service stopping, Carbonite sends you an email. There is no limit to the backup space, so if you backup a server with a huge logical raid drive it will still back it up. It also saves a different Revision number for each file up to 30 days. So if your file changes every day there will be 30 separate files available for restore. IF you completely delete a file on your computer, in 30 days it will be deleted from Carbonite, so obviously you still need to do archival backups. --- 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, 4:30 PM > 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.
