[Klug-general] Backup drive

Sun Oct 20 05:06:49 UTC 2013

I use a usb enclosure on a hard drive and keep in a magnetic media fire safe on my desk.

The cons are: usb is slow and the fire safe was quite pricey (from Staples).

My feeling is that it's best to have a multi-way backup regime.
So: on the base unit the second hd is used for backup on a one letter alias (to rsync)
then the usb drive whenever I think of it.
Add the cloud and anything that loses your data probably means you're dead too.

Tom
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Morris 
  To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics 
  Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:32 PM
  Subject: [Klug-general] Backup drive

  Just had a HDD fail on me which is still under warranty so hope will get replaced but am considering getting a backup drive for that 10% of data which might be worth backing up.

  An internal backup drive would be the third HDD in my machine and things might get a bit too toasty in there. Wondering about an external drive which doesn't need to be plugged in consuming power?

  Cheap and cheerful, around £50 for 1tb? External?

  James.

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