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Rathji · 01-02-2011, 10:27 PM

I will second the offsite backup idea.

I use Crashplan to backup to an external drive and to 2 offsite locations.

The way Crashplan works is you can backup for free to a folder on your computer (on an external drive), another computer on your local network, and to another computer anywhere in the world that is running Crashplan.

My setup backs both of our laptops up to my desktop, then the desktop backs everything up to the external hard drive and to both my Mom's house and my Grandma's house, where I have plugged in external 1.5 TB HDD into their computers. Then they back up what they have to each other, and to me.

It is pretty hard on bandwidth, especially to set it up, but you can make the initial backup to the hard drive and then transport it offsite and it is simple to attach, and then only incremental changes are uploaded.

You can also upload to their service for less than $5 bucks a month, but there is a fee to seed the initial data to avoid a huge upload time, so I decided to shell out for the hard drives instead. If you do use the paid service, I am pretty sure it will work for all computers in your family, including computers of people away at school etc.

01-02-2011, 10:27 PM	#7
Rathji Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl Exp:	I will second the offsite backup idea. I use Crashplan to backup to an external drive and to 2 offsite locations. The way Crashplan works is you can backup for free to a folder on your computer (on an external drive), another computer on your local network, and to another computer anywhere in the world that is running Crashplan. My setup backs both of our laptops up to my desktop, then the desktop backs everything up to the external hard drive and to both my Mom's house and my Grandma's house, where I have plugged in external 1.5 TB HDD into their computers. Then they back up what they have to each other, and to me. It is pretty hard on bandwidth, especially to set it up, but you can make the initial backup to the hard drive and then transport it offsite and it is simple to attach, and then only incremental changes are uploaded. You can also upload to their service for less than $5 bucks a month, but there is a fee to seed the initial data to avoid a huge upload time, so I decided to shell out for the hard drives instead. If you do use the paid service, I am pretty sure it will work for all computers in your family, including computers of people away at school etc. __________________ "Wake up, Luigi! The only time plumbers sleep on the job is when we're working by the hour."