Cool setup with a 1.6Tb NAS device. I have not tried to centralize to that point yet. I have about 14 external USB2 HDD units that have between 300Gb and 500Gb each. There is a parallel set of the same drives off-site. Every month I rotate between the units on-site and off-site, so if anything terrible happened to our home I would lose no more than 1-2 months of data. The upside to having individual units for backup is I spread the risk of a backup unit failure, but I also have more units that could fail <g>. Also, my backups run pretty darned fast as the signals are not fired over the LAN (100vg, no packet collisions, very fast net throughput). But the thought of having a single unit to swap monthly is also intriguing as it is a PITA to swap 14 devices each month. Takes the better part of a 1/2 day to make certain everything is working as expected. The suitcase I transport & store the off-site units in is also pretty heavy when loaded up <g>... This system has worked well for me for quite some time, with an image blown per PC weekly, one full file-by-file backup weekly, and incremental backups the remainder of the week. I rest easily re: data loss exposure.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Lukachko > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] Drive partition size > > > I have one WinXP 180GB C: drive on my main machine. I have a NAS of 1.6 TB > to hold data, photos, documents and backups of systems. My wife's machine > has a 80GB divided into 3 partitions C: 20GB W2K programs, D: > 40GB documents > and photos and E: 20GB just plain weird stuff. > > My lap has one WinXP 60GB drive. I also has a rack mount 2U with > a 200GB to > do fresh installs of various Windows and Linux Oss. I've experimented with > different sized partitions. I don't see a noticeable speed > enhancement. But > then maybe most of the apps are small and fast to begin with on the > rackmount. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of James E Harvey > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] Drive partition size > > Is there a "recommended" drive size for the "C" drive in a > partitioned hard > drive? > > I'm getting a new pc with a 250G HDD. > > I thought I'd just have software installed on the "C" drive, and > everything > else on the "D" drive. > > > > James E Harvey > Corresponding Officer/M.I.S. > bus: 717-637-8931 > fax: 717-637-6766 > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
