[elky] Re: [OT] Backup: Mirror or File by File

  • From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:27:06 -0400

Do you use Mozy?  Do you backup your entire hard drive(s)?

" You can't get backups that good with your own equipment."  Why not?

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Aren Cambre<aren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ditch that. Just use mozy.com. All backups go to the cloud for $5/month,
> less if you do 1 or 2 year agreements.
>
> Then if your house burns down, Mozy has a backup as recent as your latest
> backup, which can be daily.
>
> You can't get backups that good with your own equipment.
>
> Aren
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I have ~56GB of data on the home PC.  Some of it is important, so I've
>> been backing up folders using Microsoft's SyncToy.  Now I'm wondering
>> if I should have a mirror backup (an exact copy of my hard drive)
>> instead of doing file by file, or maybe I should do both?  My backup
>> external drive is 160GB, and I've got another 250GB I'm not using.
>>
>> A mirrored drive is nice since you can just plug it in and you're back
>> in business, at least up to the point of the last backup.  With file
>> by file you have more work to rebuild.
>>
>> If you guys are doing mirrored backups, what software are you using?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Chris
>>
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