Re: [slim] Backup Music

2007-07-19 Thread DaHood
aubuti;215625 Wrote: > Also, compare that $5/month to the cost of an external USB hard drive. A > quick search turned up a 500GB drive for $120, which is what you would > have paid after 2 years with that service. As long as the drive lasts > longer than 2 years, it's less expensive as well as mo

Re: [slim] Backup Music

2007-07-19 Thread aubuti
Also, compare that $5/month to the cost of an external USB hard drive. A quick search turned up a 500GB drive for $120, which is what you would have paid after 2 years with that service. As long as the drive lasts longer than 2 years, it's less expensive as well as more convenient. To get the sa

Re: [slim] Backup Music

2007-07-19 Thread Doug Wise
With drives as inexpensive as they have become (500GB $100 / 750GB $200 at http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_drives/), I keep two backup copies of my music- one on a second computer at home which is updated daily, and another in a drawer at my office which is updated every quarter. Doug Wise [EMAI

Re: [slim] Backup Music

2007-07-19 Thread jeffmeh
I looked into online backups, but unless one has tremendous upload and download bandwidth it would just take too long to backup and recover. Let's say that you have 768Kb/sec upload speed. To backup 500 GB: 500G bytes x 8 bits/byte x 1 sec/768K bits X 1 min/60 sec x 1 hr/60 min x 1 day/24 hr =~

[slim] Backup Music

2007-07-19 Thread DaHood
Hi I have a large collection of music, a mix of flac and m4a, approx. 500GB in size. I'm looking at backup solutions and came across a company called Mozy that charges $4.95 per month for unlimited storage. Has any used them? If so what is your feedback and are there any better alternatives?