Data backup. Can a setup like this be made??

[sram]

Other than RAID and other common back up practices, can a back up solution be setup like this:

For your most important data, you create a folder named super important for example. When you save anything into this folder, it will automatically get also saved in a folder in another drive? The folder can have the same name of course.

What this gives you is the added redundancy only for your most important files. Any thing you absolutely don't want to lose will get copied into one more location or maybe two more in a network drive or something.

Am I making things clear? Sorry if this is a stupid question.


Thanks.

 

[mhenley]

Yes, that option exists in 3rd party backup software. I use Acronis True Image Home 2011 and one of the backup options is "Nonstop Backup" where I can choose a whole drive, or a single folder, then select the destination. It is an automated process, and the source is mirrored to the destination, and any connected logical drive (usb, network drive, local HDD, etc...) is acceptable.

 

[drescherjm]

Other than RAID and other common back up practices

Remember RAID itself is not a backup.

 

[sram]

Remember RAID itself is not a backup.

Yeah yeah....redundancy is there though. I wasn't precise sorry.

 

[sram]

Yes, that option exists in 3rd party backup software. I use Acronis True Image Home 2011 and one of the backup options is "Nonstop Backup" where I can choose a whole drive, or a single folder, then select the destination. It is an automated process, and the source is mirrored to the destination, and any connected logical drive (usb, network drive, local HDD, etc...) is acceptable.

Nice. I will go investigate that. Thanks.

 

[Namtaro]

I use a program called 'Allwaysync'. It syncs (or you can call it back's up) any folder I want it to to another destination. It can be the whole drive or even over a network. It can even schedule when you want it to backup.
Great thing about it is that it can also check which files has been changed to only delete/copy over the new files so backups are much quicker.

I'm using it to backup critical data automatically to another internal drive daily and to an external drive weekly.

 

[sram]

I use a program called 'Allwaysync'. It syncs (or you can call it back's up) any folder I want it to to another destination. It can be the whole drive or even over a network. It can even schedule when you want it to backup.
Great thing about it is that it can also check which files has been changed to only delete/copy over the new files so backups are much quicker.

I'm using it to backup critical data automatically to another internal drive daily and to an external drive weekly.

Impressive. Exactly what I want. Thanks.

 

[m1abram]

A proper backup solution does not just create a second copy. You want incremental backups that you can go back to various older versions. What happens if you change a doc deleting something important in it. Your solution would also delete that in the backup.

 

[EclipseRydr]

A proper backup solution does not just create a second copy. You want incremental backups that you can go back to various older versions. What happens if you change a doc deleting something important in it. Your solution would also delete that in the backup.

how do i prevent this? or what software would you recommend? does the built in backup and image stuff in windows 7 work well?

 

[m1abram]

how do i prevent this? or what software would you recommend? does the built in backup and image stuff in windows 7 work well?

Any proper backup software will do this. Win 7 backup does this. Most offsite backups do this as well. For backups you really want offsite, and some are pretty reasonable. I like crashplan. But others are good too.
FYI crashplan could be used for free to backup between two computers on your home network, or even to a friends computer over the Internet.