Good question. Being a recent Mac switcher I haven't set up Time Machine yet because I only have an 80gb external drive and wasn't sure what to buy. So I'm interested too and any recommendations as well would be useful.
Thanks Pat Ray Packham wrote: > HI All > > Can I ask all what is the average size of hard drive we all use for > backups ? i.e. time machine or other devices . My reason for asking is > that when I started doing computer forensics I had 250 MB and maximum > of 10GB of hard drive space to examine but now I regularly examine > TB's. I am wonder what in 2009 / 2010 what is the average for > personal hard drive storage. I have only a 250 GB hard drive for my > time machine backup and was thinking of purchasing a 1TB drive. > > For your information I have at work 4TB on my desktop machine and 2TB > external storage our server has 22TB. > > This is just for a bit of research into ongoing trends and what we can > expect as an average. > > if your interested dont block up SMUG just reply to [email protected] > > I would be interested in your replies > > > Thanks Ray Packham > > > > > > > On 15 Sep 2009, at 09:15, Paul Owen wrote: > >> Rob, >> >> May I ask why you don't leave Time Machine running all the time. Is it >> because you are out and about? >> >> Paul Owen >> >> >>> From: Rob Beattie <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:56 +0100 >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: Snow Leopard and Time Machine >>> >>> >>> Thanks Paul. I back up once a week or when >>> something major's happening (sending it off >>> for repair, planning to take it sky diving). >>> >>> I don't know what the Rosetta option is - >>> I'll look it up. >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> rob >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
