ATA disks are indeed cheep. I have given up making backups at home, I just created a mirror, so my files are protected against disk failures. A very good way is to have 3 identical disks and to create a 2-disk/1-spare software RAID 1.
This will not protect you against accidental file deletion or (???) viruses, but at least, you don' t even have to think about backups. On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 06:00, Jerry McBride wrote: > My ISP provide me with a 20meg filespace that I make use of regularly. I > compress, encrypt and upload to it nightly. > > Not a lot of room... but perfect for important config data, etc. It also has > the advantage of being accessable where ever and when ever I'm near an > internet hookup... > > For larger datasets... ATA Hard drives have never been cheaper. Either go > external via usb or firewire or invest in removable drive mounts... It's the > cheapest way possible, that I know of, to backup 100's of gigs of data > quickly. > > > > > Hi list! > > > > > > What is better to use for backups at home - CD-Rs, CD-RWs, another > > > harddrive or something else? > > > > > > The standard way is to use tapes, but they are way too expensive for a > > > home desktop system. Harddrives are also not that good, because I want to > > > backup a harddrive in the first place, and anyway my system is already > > > full so I'd have to swap harddrives or buy an external one for backup. > > > And that is not really cheap also. > > > > > > So what do you suggest? How and how often do you make backups? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Renat -- Karl Huysmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
