GuyWeb » data http://guyweb.co.uk Guy Carberry's personal website Thu, 05 May 2011 13:07:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 My current data backup strategy http://guyweb.co.uk/2008/09/04/my-current-data-backup-strategy/ http://guyweb.co.uk/2008/09/04/my-current-data-backup-strategy/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:02:03 +0000 Guy Carberry http://www.guyweb.co.uk/?p=1290 This is how I’m backing up my important personal data these days. It’s not perfect but I think it’s better than nothing.

Level one – Apple Time Machine (daily)

Pros

  • Hourly backup when iMac turned on.
  • On-site, attached to iMac.
  • Backs up everything
  • Effortless
  • Relatively cheap

Cons

  • On-site – will be destroyed in fire
  • Could be stolen along with iMac
  • Disc will fail at some point

Level two – DVD backup (weekly)

Pros

  • Archive quality disc
  • Less likely to fail than hard drive
  • Stored off site with friends and family
  • Relatively cheap

Cons

  • Harder to manage
  • Labour intensive

Level three – online backup (monthly)

Pros

  • Backed up to scalable server
  • Taggable

Cons

  • Expensive
  • Prohibitively expensive to backup music and video

What I’m backing up

  1. Priority one
    1. Photos (iphoto)
    2. Music (itunes)
    3. Video (my flip video)
    4. Documents
    5. Websites / portfolio work (mamp / htdocs)
    6. Application serial numbers
  2. Priority two
    1. Applications
    2. Settings
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