Chris Harrison wrote:
> I am a big proponent of online backup. It is
> relatively cheap, easy, and you have the
> confidence of knowing that all of your data
> exists somewhere else in case of flood, fire,
> or some other catastrophic event that could
> destroy all your copies.
This is a good idea for documents and might make sense even for larger medi=
a files, depending on the local cost of this bandwidth. For me the time it =
takes to stream media files makes the process less than ideal. I prefer kno=
wing the files ARE backed up, and not wondering if it will take another wee=
k of background processes for this to complete.
The simplest approach to site safety is to exchange physical backup files w=
ith friends. Unless all your houses burn down at the same time, your data i=
s safe. If this eventuality does happen, you likely have even more importan=
t problems to deal with!
:: Robin Parmar :: remanence.robinparmar.com ::
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