Bill, this looks like an interesting solution to the backup issue, but for really secure backup (for important files such as dissertation research) isn't the crucial point to store your backup files offsite? The dear sisters at De Sales School found this out the hard way with the fire that destroyed the school offices about 6 years ago. They had very carefully backed up all the files that contained the school registration information -- then stored the disks in a box on the same desk. I have a wonderful colleague who used to back up our catalogue server once a week, then take the disks home and store them under his bed! If there had been a fire or flood in the building, we would have been all set. Kathleen
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Sanderson Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:56 PM To: 'Stephen Fisher'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [UC] Re: Our house was burglarized; do not be like us http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/de fault.mspx This is pretty peripheral to the issues in this post, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. This is a very elegant solution to the backup issue in a household. It does full machine backups nightly of networked household machines, and you can restore the data either file by file or rebuild the whole machine from the ground up using an included restore CD. This product is not available yet, but will probably be in public beta very soon. The price is expected to be in the sub $500 range as I understand it-this is just a small box-no keyboard, no screen, that sits in an out of the way spot and does backup and remote access for you. See the remote access part at http://mccoysanderson.livenode.com <http://mccoysanderson.livenode.com/> (send email if you want credentials to connect) (sorry if this comes across as an ad-I'm just a technical enthusiast-I'll quit and go back to griping about the manners of the regular posters!) (and it doesn't solve the offsite need-although you can manage that by adding an external drive to the box) ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Fisher Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: [UC] Re: Our house was burglarized; do not be like us Sean and Charlene, I'm really, really sorry about your loss! That really sucks. I also appreciate that you shared your story and your lessons learned with the lists. > 8) Finally, back up all data on your computers, often. I would like to add one point to #8. Keep a copy of the data backup outside of your house. If you can, copy your valuable data to a CD or DVD and leave a copy at work or elsewhere. Best of luck with recovering what you can, Stephen ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see .
