I try to keep it simple. I use the old XCopy to copy what is important to external hard drives (2 Copies) and keeping it safe.
This ensures the accessibility of data and also I can keep one copy offsite just in case my one copy is damaged. Also I can backup my SVN repository using the XCOPY that will keep the versions of important documents intact as well. Cheers *Samir* On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 20:32, Mark Ryall <mark.ry...@gmail.com> wrote: > That seems like a strange statement. Surely it depends what you're backing > up. > > It seems adequate to me to have code backed up on github/bitbucket or some > other external source hosting service (private repositories if necessary) > but I wouldn't consider putting my photos there. > > My backup strategy: > > Documents and other- dropbox > Code - usually github > Photos - flickr (using a syncing script - it's tedious to upload to > manually) > Videos - local syncing between machines (various tools can do this well - > rsync is probably the easiest) > Music - as for videos > > What does everyone do for external backup of very large files (such as > videos)? When you have kids you very quickly end up with terabytes of data > that you'd rather not lose. It seems that anything (S3, dropbox, live) > would get very expensive for massive storage. > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> >Subversion. That way I get a change history as well. >> >> >> >> *Danger Will Robinson*! A version control system is not a backup. >> >> >> >> Greg >> > >