Re: Hard Drive Backup Options
- From: "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 08:24:23 +1100
I have buried some 10 of my clients' internal hard disks in
the last two years, yet I make no claim that internal disks
die sooner than disks in a USB case. Our sample numbers
are far too small to draw any valid conclusion about their
respective reliability.
In your first reply to the OP you recommended an internal
backup solution. It seems you subsequently realised that
your advice was incomplete and that external solutions
would be required too.
In another part of this thread you say that you like your
backup process to be fully automated. So do I. My USB
backup processess dismounts the USB disk on completion,
allowing the user to disconnect it without any intervention
on his part.
"Ted" <2000@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Oh54a7q8FHA.1248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Why should a USB drive fail before the internal drive?
>
> I went through 4 of them in less than two years.
> My first one was Buslink, lack of cooling froze the drive.
> Forgot the name of the second, it also went.
> Then I bought ADS USB to IDE box, put a Western Digital
> in it, few months and it also froze.
> Then I bought Belkin USB to IDE box with a fan in it, and
> a new Western Digital, for some reason it was very slow.
> So I dumped them all put a slave hard drive in the computer,
> its way faster, my large backups are handled faster.
> In addition I have a drive that I mirror to.
>
> > The principle of a robust backup requires that the backup
> > medium is kept in a different physical location from the
> > normal medium. How does your solution meet this
> > requirement,
>
> What they mean by that, is backup:
> - To a storage website in the internet.
> - To a media (Tape, CD/DVD) and take home daily.
> - To a computer in a WAN.
> - To a fire proof box.
>
> You need one copy in the same physical place to retrieve
> files that may have deleted or altered by my mistake.
>
> I know an accounting small firm, that backup locally
> to a backup computer, to the Internet, and take home
> a DVD daily.
>
>
> >If the PC gets stolen, goes up in flames, suffers
> > electrical damage or a meltdown of Windows then your
> > internal backup drive will be history too.
>
> So will the USB, except if the power supply went bad
> then it could burn both hard drives.
>
> Not only you need different ways to backup, you also
> need different software.
> For example, maybe the mirroring software failed
> that night, then you don't have backup at all. Because
> mirroring software wipe out the backup drive before
> mirroring.
>
> In addition to mirroring I use data backups, it
> backups my important data.
> http://www.backtec.com/minman.htm
> With this program, I have extra methods of backups,
> and I can retrieve files from it easily.
> It does rotary backups, I backup locally, to a network
> computer, then copy the backups to a DVD and put them
> in a fire proof safe.
> http://www.backtec.com/writecds.htm verifies a written
> CD/DVD when done writing to see if all went OK.
>
> Never enough backups, specially if got hit by fire, flood or theft.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23TZMArm8FHA.808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Why should a USB drive fail before the internal drive?
> >
> > The principle of a robust backup requires that the backup
> > medium is kept in a different physical location from the
> > normal medium. How does your solution meet this
> > requirement, seeing that you propose an internal slave
> > drive? If the PC gets stolen, goes up in flames, suffers
> > electrical damage or a meltdown of Windows then your
> > internal backup drive will be history too.
> >
> >
> > "Ted" <2000@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:OvTvxxl8FHA.3048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I believe Western Digital gives away the backup
> >> software if you buy the external USB drive.
> >> But you are much better of, if you use Casper XP
> >> with an internal slave drive rather than using USB.
> >>
> >> USB great for cameras, transfer files using memory sticks,
> >> but not too good for drive backup, it is slow, plus the USB
> >> drive will fail before the internal drive.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bob D." <bobmgtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:PNRhf.362185$084.100143@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I used to back up my Win98 machine with Norton Ghost on CD-Rs. It's
> > taking
> >> >too many CDs to do this anymore. What is the best way to do a complete
> > back
> >> >up with today's BIG hard drives?
> >> >
> >> > I'll be upgrading to XP soon. I'd like to backup before I attempt
this.
> >> > I have a DVD burner now.
> >> > I'm willing to purchase an external USB drive.
> >> > I prefer to make a hard drive image, in case my drive crashes.
> >> > I want to be able to retreive individual files from the image,
without
> >> > doing a complete restore.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Bob D.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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