Quite a few years ago I used two external drives. One held all of my photos. The other was synchronized with SecondCopy software to be a daily backup. I don't know if I had a power problem, drives were less reliable back then or there was a mystical spell cast on my computer setup; but over a period of 3 or 4 years I replaced 3 bad drives.
About 3 years ago I added a Microsoft Home Server to the mix. That backs up everything everyday. Somewhere along the line one of my PCs picked up a virus. It was a simple matter to restore it to a date that I knew it was clean. The MHS is starting to get old. It's served me well but an aging server is nothing to trust. Even though I regularly backup the server I picked up a Network drive Friday. I'll set it up to automatically back up the server daily. Should the server die, I'll just point everything to the Network drive. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to tighten my belt and adjust my suspenders. GS George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:15 PM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I >>> worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been >>> running the same ever since although I've upgraded drives and computers >>> since several times. >> >> This makes me wonder how many of us with comprehensive backups have actually >> had a drive fail so you need to restore the data? Or is there some >> variation of Murphy's Law that says you'll only experience problems when you >> have no backup, or worse, when you thought your backup was good... > > In the past dozen years, I've had three hard drives fail completely. One > incited me to develop the backup policy and procedures. Two of them were > after I instituted the backup policy and procedures. The second two were ten > minutes work to recover from after acquiring a new drive. The first was ten > days work. > > There's a reason I did this. And it works, perfectly, for my needs. > > G > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
