[Coco] Backing up data Was:Re: Drivewire run on Windows 2000

[Steve Bjork]

Phill,

You right, you don't want to use the same drive for your ONLY backup.
(Nor did it say to.)

But a running a second local backup on the same drive is a good idea for 
most user because it's a fast and easy system for recovering from an 
overwrite, bad update or deletion of a file by mistake.  For one my 
clients, every time before he changes a file a backup is record on a 
local drive and he never knows that it happen because of the speed.

As for me, All of my important files are kept on a server running raid 1 
(mirror).  Each night, all changes are backup to another set of hard 
drives.  (Every few months I need to get another 1 TB drive.)

But files backup at the same site is NOT a backup.  That's why I also 
use S3 to back my data up to the "cloud".  At first, S3 was a bit costly 
because they change by traffic, not how much you stored with them.  (The 
first month's billed was for about 4 GB of traffic month but it now runs 
about 100 MB per month.)

I also backup all my Photos and music and important files on DVD and 
store in a firesafe off site.

You can never be too safe!

Steve Bjork

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> Steve Bjork wrote:
>> With a larger drive you can create many partitions for backups and 
>> other operating systems.
>
> Noooo, you don't want to be making backups on the SAME drive, as it 
> will not protect you if the drive fails ! Though to be fair it might 
> get your data back if only a part of the drive goes bad.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Phill.
>