Backing up - Page 4

BigV · 06-04-2007, 12:42 PM

Wow, you look and sound like a long lost friend of mine... weird. He used to hang around the cellar, sharing his wid and wistom. I miss him: dar512.

j/k! Where in the heck have you been? Welcome back!

06-14-2007, 09:07 AM

Definitely would say to get an external hdd. I've got a DVD writer but still not gotten round to burning any files yet.

Cloud · 02-27-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

It partly depends how much you have to back up. If you have a DVD burner that's not a bad option if you have a relatively small amount. (I just this week cleared up 16GB or so by moving stuff from my Photoshop catalog offline to DVD.)

There are some online backup services. I've been trying out mozy.com and they seem OK. They will give you up to 2GB of space free; for an unlimited account it's $60 for a year or something like that. There are other people in this market to. IMO it's too young a market to really know about long-term reliability, security, etc.

I hate to say it, but in many ways an external drive is your best option these days. Though remember that those can go south too.

I've been looking at Mozy recently--how has your experience been, Steve?

smoothmoniker · 02-27-2008, 05:34 PM

Here's how I handle most of mine:

rsync to a dreamhost account

SteveDallas · 02-27-2008, 06:28 PM

If you're interested, I'd check out the Mozy free service. I haven't had any trouble with it. (My problem is I need archiving as much as I need backups, and Mozy doesn't really do that.)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-27-2008, 11:55 PM

Gmail gives you 2000Mb. Email everything to yourself.

busterb · 02-28-2008, 02:25 PM

Bruce, or others. Here's some Gmails tips.

BigV · 03-05-2008, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Gmail gives you 2000Mb. Email everything to yourself.

I'll see you and raise you...

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Originally Posted by Gmail home page

Lots of space
Over 6488.600111 megabytes (and counting) of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message.

06-04-2007, 12:42 PM	#46
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Wow, you look and sound like a long lost friend of mine... weird. He used to hang around the cellar, sharing his wid and wistom. I miss him: dar512. j/k! Where in the heck have you been? Welcome back! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-27-2008, 05:34 PM	#49
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Here's how I handle most of mine: rsync to a dreamhost account __________________ to live and die in LA

02-27-2008, 11:55 PM	#51
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gmail gives you 2000Mb. Email everything to yourself. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-28-2008, 02:25 PM	#52
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Bruce, or others. Here's some Gmails tips. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-14-2007, 09:07 AM	#47
Jarry Guest Posts: n/a	Definitely would say to get an external hdd. I've got a DVD writer but still not gotten round to burning any files yet.

02-27-2008, 06:28 PM	#50
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	If you're interested, I'd check out the Mozy free service. I haven't had any trouble with it. (My problem is I need archiving as much as I need backups, and Mozy doesn't really do that.)

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