For those in the IT business, the concept of the Grandfather, Father
Son backup is the most TRUSTED form of traditional backup. A single
backup copy is really no backup at all for the reasons described
below - it is also insecure as when you do your next backup, you
write over your only existing backup and if anything fails in the
process, you risk losing it all.
Therefore you always need at least twice the backup space
(grandfather and father copies) for the device you want to backup
(the son). You only ever backup to the grandfather device, which you
then rename the father, with the current father device being renamed
as the grandfather. (...and keep them in separate physical places)
I recently purchased 2 x 500GB WD mechanisms from Austin Computers
for $139 each, so you can't really complain about the price!
BTW - best to have two similar cases, preferably screwless, but easy
entry with internal power supply (Sarotech brand have been good for
me) and just exchange the mechanisms as needed. (Most of the time my
backup cases never have the tops on as I am changing the mechanisms
regularly...) Better to spend a bit more on a couple of good quality
cases and then you're only up for the mechanisms which are dirt cheap.
Regards, BRett
On 12/12/2007, at 8:44 PM, Wez wrote:
I have three WD drives internally apart from the Apple one in my
machine and resently purchased a MyBook 1.5TB
The MyBook has been working perfectly for about 2 weeks and has now
lost the firewire controller.
Took it back to PLE who confirmed the Firewire controller seems
dead. The drives themselves still have data on them fine which was
a relief but I only have USB1 on my work machine.
So this has been my first hiccup with the WB brand and the drives
themselves are still fine. I have no idea what happened to the
controlled.
The warranty will only cover the drive as a unit not the case which
means how I have to find room to return the data to my machine and
before I erase the drive and get it swapped for a new one.
This does make me wonder how useful this is going to be as a backup
drive as a full 1.5 TB with any dead controller is going to be
absoultely useless as I won't have the room to return the data
WEZ!
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