Do you utilize a backup plan?

[agent420]

While reading this poll regarding the amount of storage people have, I got curious how many people here have a backup plan in place, and if so what media they use...

[edit] If you use more than one method, please vote the primary method that contains the largest volume of data.

 

[Ice Czar]

the problem with that poll is
that you cant select all that apply
(which of course isnt your fault per se, unless you had included mulitples)

I run multiple RAID5 arrays, computers and Burn to CD (soon DVD)
"true" backup is still considered Hard Media, redundancy isnt a substitute
hard media is immune to corruption under most circumstances in otherwords while the media itself can go bad,
it cant dyanamically corrupt through access like a RAID could with a bad stick of RAM, system timings,
filesystem issues ect, not to mention power events, malware ect.
because in most circumstances its read only media, and once burned and verified
if treated with reasonable care has a much longer shelf life than the average HDD

so I voted Optical

PS I personally consider removable external HDDs a dandy way to loose data
being all that more suceptible to damage and failure than an internal

 

[FLECOM]

i voted tape, but i use ALL of those methods for different things, optical, tape RAID1/5, external disks, removable disks etc...

 

[nerdawg4]

I only have a small ammount of user created data on my system, so I just set up an old system with a 30GB HDD to backup the Data from my main system which has a 80GB HDD. I just copy the files over the network. It takes a while, but I can let it just run overnight. I only have about 4GB of data that I have to back up, I know, unbelieveable.

 

[neo86]

I do the exam same thing... Not quite as much as 4 GB so it's a lot faster for me. I use WIndows XP task scheduling to automate it.

 

[wipeout833]

i voted tape, but i use ALL of those methods for different things, optical, tape RAID1/5, external disks, removable disks etc...

I also voted tape and but like you FLECOM I use all of them to secure my data.

 

[Cactus Jack]

I currently use DVD. 4gb+ of backup at a time is pretty good for what I need to backup, and the price is nice too. But if I had my way I'd have a 1-2tb raid 5 option with tape then backing that up... if only I were made of money.

 

[agent420]

the problem with that poll is
that you cant select all that apply
(which of course isnt your fault per se, unless you had included mulitples)al

Combination of my 1st poll and a somewhat complicated responce question... I had thought of All of the above, but didn't think tape fit in that very well. Mostly just curious how many [H]'s are backing up and how. Also why I included Raid as an option, even though I know it's not really a 'backup'.

PS I personally consider removable external HDDs a dandy way to loose data being all that more suceptible to damage and failure than an internal

While I agree that removable drives are less resilient than true '[H]ard' media, I think they are currently the most affordable method for the average user to backup large volumes of data. This is the method I ultilize (in mirrored pairs), and although they do need to be handled properly, I have not had any problems to date. I would like to migrate to more robust mobile drives as the price comes down.

That said, I am curios of your opinion on the new Iomega REV cartridges.

 

[Ice Czar]

Iomega REV cartridges.

I remember the initial press release and posted a thread about them
(but that was before the migration to Vbull3 and its gone)
I havent seen any reviews but it looks promising
but I seriously question the lack of a SCSI interface,
which would have been the very first model that should have been out
and in both 80 pin SCA and 68 pin, there really should be some effort in the enterprise storage market,
and with a rudimentary and affordable jukebox strategy as well
(could go for a slice of a certain size of enterprise storage)
that is if they are really as good as they claim

as far as the USB interation, what a mess throughput is in USB,
its so dependent on the actual implementation of a number of components (and there standards) and drivers
if your going to adopt, get the ATAPI interface

Iomega has done a fairly good job of pulling themselves out of the ashes
and transforming themselves into an enterprise storage appliance company with their NAS line (why they are still pushing Zip is beyond me however)

however they should cut the price in half for the REV, address the SCSI interface and theyd have an instant winner, if the performance and reliability was there

for some reason they are still stuck in end user mode, and that is going to hurt them
they need to cook up widespread adoption form the small business end first (where there is actual tape use) then they will see it trickle down to the end user, but for $380 + cartridges they just arent lighting that fire.

Right now I think they need to fire their marketing department and strategists, they are once again letting the world pass them by,
the window is closing blue laser dual layer DVD is almost here
they are neither addressing the needs and pricepoints of the end user or enterprise storage
they are smack in the middle of small business only and doing a piss poor job

just an opinion

 

[elm669]

Right now it would take approx. 550 cdrs to back up everything. So until I get some money to backup solution