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DamianJ · 08-24-2010, 05:40 AM

Relying on one type of media = mistake
Thinking DVDs are reliable = mistake

You need the 321 rule. 3 copies of everything, on 2 different mediums, and 1 off site.

I would recommend for you getting a drobo

http://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...d=0CDsQ8wIwBA#

You can put 8 TB in that one I think. It is intelligent back up. If one of the 4 HDDs dies, it doesn't matter. You can hot swop it, put new one in and you're all good.

You also need an offsite back up. I use http://www.carbonite.com/ it works out to 15 cents a day.

I would agree that tape would be better than DVD for your other onsite storage.

So you have your PC with all the content on, backed up to the drobo, and you have DVD/Tape and then carbonite too.

That's what I do anyway.

HTH

Damian

08-24-2010, 05:40 AM
DamianJ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land Posts: 15,808	Relying on one type of media = mistake Thinking DVDs are reliable = mistake You need the 321 rule. 3 copies of everything, on 2 different mediums, and 1 off site. I would recommend for you getting a drobo http://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...d=0CDsQ8wIwBA# You can put 8 TB in that one I think. It is intelligent back up. If one of the 4 HDDs dies, it doesn't matter. You can hot swop it, put new one in and you're all good. You also need an offsite back up. I use http://www.carbonite.com/ it works out to 15 cents a day. I would agree that tape would be better than DVD for your other onsite storage. So you have your PC with all the content on, backed up to the drobo, and you have DVD/Tape and then carbonite too. That's what I do anyway. HTH Damian