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[tunnie]

Anyone had any experience of:

http://www.livedrive.com/ForHome

They appear to have gained a lot of customers now Mozy stopped their unlimited service, although willing to pay for a decent service. It is owned by EMC Corp.

http://mozy.co.uk/home/

I've got backups in place at home, but thinking if there is a fire/burglary, I need external backups. As all my photos from all my trips and things are store here.

 Any recommend an online backup they use?

[TheBoy]

You have 2 homes, offsite backup is easy and free

[PhilRich]

Not sure if i'm being 'Anal' Mark, but there is something about handing all your 'Personal' stuff over to an anonymous third party ont tinternet which doesn't appeal to me tbh :-/
Any stuff I have that is irreplaceable is copied to various different storage media & stored in a fireproof safe at home alongside Birth Certs; Passports etc with backup copies at my Sons home which just about covers most eventualities short of a Nuclear incident!

[Auto Addict]

You have 2 homes, offsite backup is easy and free

 

[tunnie]

I will just be photos.... just a last resort if something happens here.

Guess a 1TB drive at home is a very valid point!

[TheBoy]

ISP webspace?  OK, not guaranteed, but the chances of your house burning down the same day your ISP loses data.... ??

[Plomien]

if its just photos use flickr

[tunnie]

ISP webspace?  OK, not guaranteed, but the chances of your house burning down the same day your ISP loses data.... ??

Good point, as I have two ISP's. Think both offer solutions, not sure on data limits though.

[tunnie]

if its just photos use flickr

Got 48Gb's worth....

[Martian]

Got 48Gb's worth....

I'm pretty sure I lost more than that when creating an 8TB RAID array (level 5).
I'm not "au fait" with your financial situation, but if your daily catchphrase is "would you like a large fries with that sir", then I'd put one backup on HDD and another copy on optical media.

If you happen to earn more because you didn't bunk off school, then keep one copy on a RAID 5 minimum backup media, and another on tape that is kept off site.

[TheBoy]

Got 48Gb's worth....

I'm pretty sure I lost more than that when creating an 8TB RAID array (level 5).
I'm not "au fait" with your financial situation, but if your daily catchphrase is "would you like a large fries with that sir", then I'd put one backup on HDD and another copy on optical media.

If you happen to earn more because you didn't bunk off school, then keep one copy on a RAID 5 minimum backup media, and another on tape that is kept off site.

Disclaimer: Other fault tolerant RAIDs available


Joking aside, I would imagine that as he only needs data protection, not data availability, I would suggest a single backup on a seperate drive in his other home should suffice.  Be unfortuante to lose both disks at same time - less likely than losing 2 disks in a disk array (as no similar environmental issues like knackered fans).  3rd disk if they are *really* important.

[tunnie]

cheers all. i think a 1 or 2TB drive i keep at my parents would do the trick. as TB mentions i dont need to access it. Just a backup if the something happens to my flat.

[PhilRich]

cheers all. i think a 1 or 2TB drive i keep at my parents would do the trick. as TB mentions i dont need to access it. Just a backup if the something happens to my flat.

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But surely they'll let you take the hard drive when they repossess the flat & contents Mark?

[tunnie]

cheers all. i think a 1 or 2TB drive i keep at my parents would do the trick. as TB mentions i dont need to access it. Just a backup if the something happens to my flat.

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But surely they'll let you take the hard drive when they repossess the flat & contents Mark?

Considering my income has increased by 35% in recent months that's unlikey.

But part of my reasons for buying flat I did, I'd rent it out before repossession.  10 mins walk to 5 different stations, some of which are in zone 2 make it an easy option to rent out

[Kevin Wood]

I would go and buy a NAS box, plug it in at your "remote location" and rsync to it every so often, personally.