I need a big drive with backup features

petemc · 05-08-2008, 16:00

The drives arrived.

Over sized novetly delivery box ftw. I'm currently moving all my photography to the new 1tb Mybook and backing up my MBP over gigabit ethernet with the Time Capsule. It only just occured to me to try that and its working, damn fast too. So the initial backup I'm going to do when all the data is sorted will be done over gigabit ethernet for speed. After that I plan to move the box downstairs and do subsequent backups over 802.11n. I'm moving it downstairs so my Dad can use wireless printing to save him running up n downstairs all the time. Also it'll backup my Dad's Macbook which is handy.

I think my only worry is how Time Machine works. It'll do one big backup and then only backup changes. It deletes weekly backups when the drive is full. I'm assuming that the initial backup will remain. I mean its not likely to delete that and then just have small stuff? I'm not making myself clear there. 6 months down the line I'm going to have whatever is on my drive backed up I mean.

05-08-2008, 16:00	#11
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	The drives arrived. Over sized novetly delivery box ftw. I'm currently moving all my photography to the new 1tb Mybook and backing up my MBP over gigabit ethernet with the Time Capsule. It only just occured to me to try that and its working, damn fast too. So the initial backup I'm going to do when all the data is sorted will be done over gigabit ethernet for speed. After that I plan to move the box downstairs and do subsequent backups over 802.11n. I'm moving it downstairs so my Dad can use wireless printing to save him running up n downstairs all the time. Also it'll backup my Dad's Macbook which is handy. I think my only worry is how Time Machine works. It'll do one big backup and then only backup changes. It deletes weekly backups when the drive is full. I'm assuming that the initial backup will remain. I mean its not likely to delete that and then just have small stuff? I'm not making myself clear there. 6 months down the line I'm going to have whatever is on my drive backed up I mean. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!