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General Software Discussion / Re: Help me choose an online backup service
« on: April 29, 2012, 11:44 AM »
Interesting thread. And I think I'll begin posting right here.
As for imaging, I have Acronis and have used it, although I haven't recently. My Bad! But I never had problems, so I didn't have to use the latest image. I really need to check into the best imaging software, and make certain I can use it as a reboot should everything fail.
Concerning backup, I think Barney still has the best solution. But I would be hard pressed to use five extra 2TB drives. That's perhaps a bit of overkill IMO. But two, or even three backup drives in different locations? To my thinking that is the very best solution. I keep two Samsung 2TB drives and they are loaded with well over 1TB of music, all in 320kbs format. I have a Huge collection of Contemporary Jazz, New Age, and Classic Rock. If I lost that collection, I would be in an almost total state of depression from there on out. It would cost me thousands of dollars, or an unG-dly amount of time just to come close to recovering what I already have.
Uploading onto the internet is fine, but doing all this locally, and spreading them out,........just in case, is the very best solution I can come up with. Granted one would have to remember to go around with an up to date drive, switch it with the old one, and then return it for updating. But that way the owner of the data is required to keep active and alert to any problems.
As for imaging, I have Acronis and have used it, although I haven't recently. My Bad! But I never had problems, so I didn't have to use the latest image. I really need to check into the best imaging software, and make certain I can use it as a reboot should everything fail.
Concerning backup, I think Barney still has the best solution. But I would be hard pressed to use five extra 2TB drives. That's perhaps a bit of overkill IMO. But two, or even three backup drives in different locations? To my thinking that is the very best solution. I keep two Samsung 2TB drives and they are loaded with well over 1TB of music, all in 320kbs format. I have a Huge collection of Contemporary Jazz, New Age, and Classic Rock. If I lost that collection, I would be in an almost total state of depression from there on out. It would cost me thousands of dollars, or an unG-dly amount of time just to come close to recovering what I already have.
Uploading onto the internet is fine, but doing all this locally, and spreading them out,........just in case, is the very best solution I can come up with. Granted one would have to remember to go around with an up to date drive, switch it with the old one, and then return it for updating. But that way the owner of the data is required to keep active and alert to any problems.