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Admiral Huddy · 01-10-2007, 12:37

Must have just got unlucky!

The last one I had was quite costly.. lost my holiday pics

Zirax · 01-10-2007, 14:46

Now the vista usb driver stick option does sound good. To reinstall i'm having to take the side of the case off to reinstall an old FDD.

The reliability of hdds is something that I am starting to get concerned about Huddy. My hdds sit in the low 30s thanks to slow turning 120mm fans blowing air over them. Its just the thought of that much info being held together by a mechanical process :/ Sure I had weekly backups as more of a general method but I do think that in the future I need to decide on a more permenant better planned solution

Daz · 01-10-2007, 15:36

At the moment my backup strategy is fairly contained. Important data (personal files, emails and photos) copied first to another internal HDD doing nothing, and then to a E-Sata attached hard drive also doing nothing. Soon it will be handled between two machines. The server will be in the garage, hosting the files and backing them up nightly to the same external disk, but in addition to that I'll also keep copies of the important data on my workstation. 1 because it has the space, and 2 because it's a separate system in a separate room. I occasionally take system images (mainly of the Linux systems), but tbh because I always keep the personal data out of the equation, rebuilding a system is a largely trivial task (as it should be).

[edit]I should also say my server will also handle the backups of my DC and Exchange VM, which takes rebuilds completely off the table in a recovery situation. <3 vmware.

Burble · 01-10-2007, 15:40

I do a nightly backup from my PC and Mac (when it's working!) to my TeraStation then do an rsync from the TeraStation to my server which lives in the office.

Mark · 02-10-2007, 20:04

I need to get my data into a state that I can back it up. I have stuff scattered all over the shop from about 15 years worth of PC use. :/

Getting there though, slowly. The PVR box in the living room now has a few big disks, so I'll offload all (non-personal) video on to that. That won't get backed up - if it dies, it dies. That should free up space elsewhere for me to start moving stuff around and archiving/deleting what I don't need, and backing up what I do.

It's just finding the time that's the problem.

I do have all recent emails backed up in three places though, which at least covers the incoming side for purchase references and stuff like that.

01-10-2007, 12:37	#11
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	Must have just got unlucky! The last one I had was quite costly.. lost my holiday pics __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

01-10-2007, 15:36	#13
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	At the moment my backup strategy is fairly contained. Important data (personal files, emails and photos) copied first to another internal HDD doing nothing, and then to a E-Sata attached hard drive also doing nothing. Soon it will be handled between two machines. The server will be in the garage, hosting the files and backing them up nightly to the same external disk, but in addition to that I'll also keep copies of the important data on my workstation. 1 because it has the space, and 2 because it's a separate system in a separate room. I occasionally take system images (mainly of the Linux systems), but tbh because I always keep the personal data out of the equation, rebuilding a system is a largely trivial task (as it should be). [edit]I should also say my server will also handle the backups of my DC and Exchange VM, which takes rebuilds completely off the table in a recovery situation. <3 vmware. __________________ apt-get moo

01-10-2007, 14:46	#12
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Now the vista usb driver stick option does sound good. To reinstall i'm having to take the side of the case off to reinstall an old FDD. The reliability of hdds is something that I am starting to get concerned about Huddy. My hdds sit in the low 30s thanks to slow turning 120mm fans blowing air over them. Its just the thought of that much info being held together by a mechanical process :/ Sure I had weekly backups as more of a general method but I do think that in the future I need to decide on a more permenant better planned solution

01-10-2007, 15:40	#14
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I do a nightly backup from my PC and Mac (when it's working!) to my TeraStation then do an rsync from the TeraStation to my server which lives in the office.

02-10-2007, 20:04	#15
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I need to get my data into a state that I can back it up. I have stuff scattered all over the shop from about 15 years worth of PC use. :/ Getting there though, slowly. The PVR box in the living room now has a few big disks, so I'll offload all (non-personal) video on to that. That won't get backed up - if it dies, it dies. That should free up space elsewhere for me to start moving stuff around and archiving/deleting what I don't need, and backing up what I do. It's just finding the time that's the problem. I do have all recent emails backed up in three places though, which at least covers the incoming side for purchase references and stuff like that.