Backing Up Your Harddrives

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(except for a run of bad Western Digitals several years ago)

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... I just remembered why they went to the bottom of my shopping list ... I must of bought most of those LOL -- got a stack of dead ones in the computer pieces parts room that I'll have to haul out to the garbage one of these days.

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Originally Posted by Bec

I read the page about the terastation Chip, and it mentions it comes with the Memeo Autobackup software. Found this: http://www.memeo.com/memeo.htm -- costs like 29 bucks. Is this what came with your system and did you find it easy to setup? They also have the online storage system with a free trial, but I can't find anywhere what it'd cost once the trial ends.

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Bumping this in hopes Chip reads it!

Thanks Bec for the reminder to back my shit up. I went to the Apple Store this AM and got a 320 GB external hard drive for $150. Tonight I back my shit up!

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Originally Posted by TropixxxStudios

Thanks Bec for the reminder to back my shit up. I went to the Apple Store this AM and got a 320 GB external hard drive for $150. Tonight I back my shit up!

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Glad this thread got some others thinking about doing just that! I won't lie - I was totally freaked at the idea of what my life miseries were going to be if that drive hadn't come back up.

For those of us that work online, that data we rely on is simply irreplacable at any price, and drives are cheap these days, so I (and everyone else in this biz) really have no excuse for not taking care of some very basic business maintenance/insurance.

For those that have met me you can add the sound of my voice whining over and over ... "my entire LIFE is on that drive !!!!!!!!"

Bec, our Terastations did come with Mimeo, but we haven't used it. We store directly to the Terastation (or to our video server) and we back up the Terastation and video servers to SDLT tapes (160 gigs/tape) using EMC Retrospect, which is less than $100.

I have heard very good things about Mimeo and it seemed very simple to set up, but I haven't used it.

Oh, one other cheap and relatively easy to use option is Jungledisk in combination with Amazon A3, which is an online backup solution. It's dirt cheap (something like 15 cents per gig of storage per month) and apparently reliable.

We were about to implement that to back up two of our web servers, but we just decided to switch those servers to National Net, where the backup is included as part of the deal.

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Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip

Bec, our Terastations did come with Mimeo, but we haven't used it. We store directly to the Terastation (or to our video server) and we back up the Terastation and video servers to SDLT tapes (160 gigs/tape) using EMC Retrospect, which is less than $100.

I have heard very good things about Mimeo and it seemed very simple to set up, but I haven't used it.

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Ok, thanks for getting back to me Chip ... sincerely appreciate all the information you've shared!

Bec:

Like I've posted somewhere before... after running regular back-ups (we have an automatic program for mac) - we send externals away for safekeeping and keep extras that go to the bank at regular intervals -

we also have three servers in cyberspace and in different geographical locations within the us - due to earthquakes, hurricanes and other potential natural disasters...

can't have enough back-ups you know and our content is important to us....