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In Reply to: Agreed..... posted by damage k on April 10, 2007 at 08:38:16:
George was right! I have learned yet again!I now have a setup very much like yours; 150g SATA WD raptor for OS & stuff, 160g SATA seagate for general storage of docs/data and 320 maxtor usb external for music. I will soon add a 500g for music back up as well. Oh yeah, I will definitely backup my pictures/important documents to DVD-R!
I think what has really amazed me and changed my perspective regarding the issue of computer document control is this one key fact: I didn't realize that over the past 3 years I have gone from a casual "for fun" computer user, to one for which the computer is now integral to every part of my life.
That is a scary realization to be sure, but one that I suppose is unlikely to change.
Follow Ups:
I have been looking at puting a NAS server on my home network. That way I can get to all my music and photos from anywhere in the house and have both new, ie current, photos and an archive.
I take alot of pictures and the work on the themes of the original photo or idea. I can never just have the one final image and I use several programes to work on them... and as I hate to compress images, you end up with alot of very big duplicated files and folders.
I also have been ripping lots of music into iTunes as WAV and also some that I feel are more serious.. a duplicate EAC copy as well. Sames as the photos... can't bring myself to compress them either.
So I figure a pair of 500Gbs mirrored.. and that will leave 2 more bays for later on.
I original started, as you yourself said, as a fun computer user. But more things get added, its a big Silverstone case so loads of bays... and the thing is now a monster.... then the external audio kit, back up drive(s)... scary.I am surprised just how much business gets conducted on a home computer... and how much money gets blown casually online.
Oh well, what else would we do...?
I have a full blown Server 2003 (but oldish) PC in the garage under the bench. BIg disks, o screen or kbd and accessed by remote desktop.Figured it was the safest place in the house until I saw my wife backing her car into the garage!
I now have a similar PC in the attck mirrored off the server using Robocopy.
All I need now is a total house fire. But I'll probably be in bed at the time and past caring!
Who have a server mirrored in the out-buildings or detached workshops for that very reason... even back up drives in flame proof safes..!
I do take important back up DVD's elsewhere just in case but there is only so much paranoia you can take.As long as I still have a pulse, thats the only form of system recovery I will care about at that point...
Enjoy,
K
Methinks someone should design back-up software with paddles.CLEAR!! ;)
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