[RTC List] On-Line back-up/storage services

[Robert Tucker]

I've been using an inexpensive Airlink101 OfficeNAS (~$100 with 320Gb 
SATA drive) for network storage here. I use PartImage (PING) for imaging 
and backing up. The device is a basic embedded Samba server and is a 
little slow (3Mb/s) but has been rock solid.  This setup has worked very 
well at very low cost.

My TiVo handles streaming music and video across the network to the 
TV/Speakers.

Cheers,

Bob Tucker


Robert Beckerdite wrote:
> An interesting option for backing up a few pc's at home is the HP home 
> servers. These little devices provide shared media (music, picture and 
> Video) and automate the backup to replicated disks (similar to but not 
> equal to raid 1).  If you are looking at external hard drives this may 
> also be an option to consider.
>  
> Rob Beckerdite
> Beckerdite Consulting
>
>
>  
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Sean Ennis, ScanDoc <sean at scandoc.com 
> <mailto:sean at scandoc.com>> wrote:
>
>     I agree with Chris that most folks should also maintain a local full
>     backup, which is cheap and easy with external hard drives these days.
>
>     I will add this:
>     If you are in the market for an external hard drive for backups,
>     avoid the prepackaged drive in an enclosure. Instead purchase a high
>     quality OEM bare drive, and enclosure separately.
>     It will cost a little bit more, but you will have a full 3 year
>     warranty on the drive instead of a 1 year warranty.
>
>     In most cases with a prepackaged external drive, if you open the
>     enclosure to do anything with the bare drive, the warranty is void on
>     both the enclosure and the drive itself.  You might have to break the
>     enclosure to get inside, as they are often welded shut.
>
>     I'm using a Western Digital SATA drive with a Vantec enclosure that
>     has USB 2.0 and eSATA (3 Gbps!!) interfaces. This setup was not much
>     more expensive than the "pre-enclosed" drives and has worked
>     flawlessly on Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
>
>     While you can shop online and assemble the parts yourself, I know
>     that Renaissance will set one up for you, so you get the "plug and
>     play" advantage, but still get the 3 year warranty.
>
>     At 03:12 PM 6/23/2008, you wrote:
>     >Finally, consider getting either a network hard drive or a
>     >peripheral hard drive to back-up your whole system in addition to
>     >the online back-up. The benefit of remote back-up is that if there
>     >is an earthquake, flood or fire, your data is still protected ...
>     >but you'll pay a lot more if you're backing up your whole system.
>     >All you really need off site are your files.
>
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> Robert Beckerdite
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