Comments on: Disaster Averted: The Importance Of Backups http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/ Personal Development for Polymaths Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex Le http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13880 Alex Le Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:48:47 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13880 All my laptops and desktops have a way for me to remote-access. In case the monitor happens to die like your situation, I'll just log back in and do the back up. And having tons of external HDs is a good thing too. All my work and projects are in SVN so I don't really care too much for a HD crash. Also most of my photos are up on Flickr anyway. The only thing I have issues with is my media library, music that I've been collecting for the past 6, 7 years. To much data can be a tough situation. <abbr><em>Alex Le´s last blog post..<a href="http://alexle.net/archives/295" rel="nofollow">Mac-imized</a></abbr></em> All my laptops and desktops have a way for me to remote-access. In case the monitor happens to die like your situation, I’ll just log back in and do the back up. And having tons of external HDs is a good thing too. All my work and projects are in SVN so I don’t really care too much for a HD crash. Also most of my photos are up on Flickr anyway. The only thing I have issues with is my media library, music that I’ve been collecting for the past 6, 7 years. To much data can be a tough situation.

Alex Le´s last blog post..Mac-imized

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13386 Hunter Nuttall Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:27:22 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13386 @ Alex, that's really cheap! Another high-tech solution that I should look into. @ Alex, that’s really cheap! Another high-tech solution that I should look into.

]]> By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13349 Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:06:42 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13349 I use Jungle Disk backing up to Amazon's servers. It does it automatically Monday mornings and it costs me less than a dollar a month. Well worth the investment! ;) <abbr><em>Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SomedaySyndrome/~3/4FLdRQED9Uk/" rel="nofollow">Does procrastination arouse you?</a></abbr></em> I use Jungle Disk backing up to Amazon’s servers. It does it automatically Monday mornings and it costs me less than a dollar a month.

Well worth the investment! ;)

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome´s last blog post..Does procrastination arouse you?

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13333 Hunter Nuttall Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:24:43 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13333 So many people using high-tech solutions here! Maybe I should start doing that. I guess hard drive prices have probably come down a lot since the last time I checked...over 10 years ago. :) So many people using high-tech solutions here! Maybe I should start doing that. I guess hard drive prices have probably come down a lot since the last time I checked…over 10 years ago. :)

]]> By: Beth Bridges http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13321 Beth Bridges Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:36:36 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13321 I have become positively paranoid about this, ever since I started working on a major project especially. I use a backup service that runs automatically every night. And I have a second hard drive that I back up to about once a week. And now that I read your post, I want to back up somewhere else... aha! A thumb drive. Thanks for the reminder :-) I have become positively paranoid about this, ever since I started working on a major project especially. I use a backup service that runs automatically every night. And I have a second hard drive that I back up to about once a week. And now that I read your post, I want to back up somewhere else… aha! A thumb drive.

Thanks for the reminder :-)

]]> By: Vered - MomGrind http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13320 Vered - MomGrind Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:12:50 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13320 Just like Ari, I have an external hard drive. I also have an automatic daily backup of new files and a weekly backup of everything. So I think I'm good. :) Just like Ari, I have an external hard drive. I also have an automatic daily backup of new files and a weekly backup of everything.

So I think I’m good. :)

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13318 Kim Woodbridge Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:44:59 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13318 I know it wasn't funny but your description of copying files as quickly as you could before losing the display made me smile. I am a back-up nag. I use an automated script to backup certain directories daily on one external drive and weekly on a second external drive. I keep the weekly external hard drive at work during the week in case something happens at home, like fire, when I'm not there. <abbr><em>Kim Woodbridge´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/anti-social-lists-22209/" rel="nofollow">(Anti) Social-Lists 2/22/09</a></abbr></em> I know it wasn’t funny but your description of copying files as quickly as you could before losing the display made me smile.

I am a back-up nag. I use an automated script to backup certain directories daily on one external drive and weekly on a second external drive. I keep the weekly external hard drive at work during the week in case something happens at home, like fire, when I’m not there.

Kim Woodbridge´s last blog post..(Anti) Social-Lists 2/22/09

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/02/backups/comment-page-1/#comment-13301 Ari Herzog Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:49:18 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1208#comment-13301 Very true. Last fall, I bought a 500GB Maxtor external hard drive. I *should* back my files up weekly, but it's more of a "when I think of it" thing. But now that you mention it, I'll run it tomorrow. <abbr><em>Ari Herzog´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ariwriter/~3/nCip-oW2h_k/" rel="nofollow">Rewrite the Rules</a></abbr></em> Very true. Last fall, I bought a 500GB Maxtor external hard drive. I *should* back my files up weekly, but it’s more of a “when I think of it” thing. But now that you mention it, I’ll run it tomorrow.

Ari Herzog´s last blog post..Rewrite the Rules

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