These are my links for February 3rd through February 22nd: Snapshot Backup « WordPress Plugins - PopDrive - GoodSync Pro (for Mac) Review & Rating | PCMag.com - … [Read more...]
Backup Bookmarks for December 19th through January 21st
These are my links for December 19th through January 21st: Indestructible Portable Storage | News & Opinion | PCMag.com - Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood -- Engadget - Iomega eGo Desktop Hard Drive, Mac Edition (2TB) Review & Rating | PCMag.com - … [Read more...]
Quadruple the Backup from Buffalo
Back in 2007, my BFF Jay Pechek sent me a bunch of Maxtor drives. Maxtor’s external hard drives are supposed to have a 5-year warranty, but there’s a little trick with this Free Stuff I get from PR people. When you don’t actually buy something, and don’t have a receipt, you can’t make use of the warranty in the ordinary way. Jay said “I’m your warranty; if anything goes wrong, call me.” Okay, … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-07-06: Geek Up for Backups
Yesterday morning I got a message from my brother—the one who lost most of his photos to a hard drive crash a few months ago (05-19-06 Backup Reminder). Unlike many people who lose their data because they don’t have backups, he’s taken some action to make sure it doesn’t happen again. “Well, I really geeked it up this weekend in an effort to avoid future data loss from HD failure. I took an old … [Read more...]
Replacing Tapes with DVDs
In his August 15 post Rethinking backup, ZDNet's Paul Murphy suggests replacing standard tape drives with a combination of RAID array and DVD superdrive. "The cash savings are obvious but other things may be more important. For example, high quality DVDs outlast tapes, cost less, and require less storage space." It's true, people talk a lot about the 30 year shelf life of tape, and DVDs, like … [Read more...]