Skip to content

{ Tag Archives } backup

Add a robot to your data backup plan

On a scale from 1to10, the Drobo FS is a freakin’ 10.
You may have noticed (or probably not) that I have an obsession with data, with data backup, and with storage.  We ran an entire month of posts all focused on data backup.  Anyone who’s lost data before tends to have this kind of an [...]

Also tagged , ,

Redundancy = peace of mind, especially for data

On a scale from 1to10, I’m a strong believer in redundancy.
It keeps you alive when you’re setting rock climbing anchors, and it’s extremely valuable when it comes to digitally stored data. I have 2 hard drives inside my PC. The two are mirrored (RAID 1 – see the Wikipedia link above).  Briefly, what this means [...]

Also tagged ,

KISS my external HDD

On a scale of 1 to 10, an external hard drive is a excellent beginner solution for basic backup and storage.
I’m a strong believer in the KISS principal: keep it simple, stupid. There’s lots of complex and confusing ways to backup your data, including a Network-attached storage (NAS) box, a redundant array of inexpensive disks [...]

Also tagged , ,

Back it up, back it in…

On a scale of 1 to 10, more people should really be backing up their hard drives.
You know you should.  We all know we should, but most of us rarely do.  If you go into a room of 10 people and ask: “Do any of you back up your hard drives?”, usually only 2 or [...]

Also tagged ,

Twitter links powered by Tweet This v1.6, a WordPress plugin for Twitter.