Comments on: A cautionary tale about backup

By: The Perfect Backup Strategy at Photografica Weblog

The Perfect Backup Strategy at Photografica Weblog — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:26:37 +0000

[...] anything. So backup is a subject that has always been dear to me (click here for my earlier post on backup). But given that I’ve been a pc user for 15 years, I’m doing pretty well. Despite 4 [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:45:51 +0000

I know what you mean about restoring your system - I made it sound a bit easier than it is. Thing is it can be done - data is gone forever

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:21:59 +0000

Yes, you are right of course. I need a Raid array for my data as well. But I have a 500GB drive for data and a 320GB external as backup for that data, and now have 2 x 250GB for the system in a Raid array. The way I see it is that I make so many installations and changes to my system that if it goes down, it takes me at least two days just to get it anywhere near back to where it was, and I’ve lost fonts and codecs and all sorts of things I don’t even remember. It’s the down time with having an unprotected system that I fear the most. I still want a better backup for my data, and I will buy another 500GB soon and put that in a RAID Array as well. Then, as you say I’d just need a 1 or 2TB NAS device….
Also, some of my data lives on the system drive anyway. Emails and documents for example. I keep the other drive for pics, music and whatever.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:02:49 +0000

Don’t you want the RAID array for your data? Although it’s annoying, if the system disk crashes it’s just a case of reinstalling everything. For a while I’ve run with three disks, system disk and 2 300gb SATA drives with data - one is just a copy of the other, done every night. As data explodes (bloody digital) I’m thinking of 2TB NAS device - prices coming down all the time. Then of course you need to think about offsite backup for when the meteor hits the house