Backup Philosophy: DVD's & HDD's?

Hell Puppy · 06-29-2008

You're on the right path already, multiple copies of everything in different locations. Myself, I usually have a live copy (hard drive) and archival copy (CD or DVD) on site, plus backups on remote server, at business partner's house and for important stuff in a safety deposit box.

The question I guess here is format. DVD's are good for archival where speed doesn't really matter. But hard drives are very very cheap at this point. Mirror the hard drive to another hard drive and use the drive itself as a backup.

For keeping your live storage safe, I love the Drobo. Gives you all of the protection of a true SAN without the admin hassles. What it doesn't protect you against is losing the location due to fire, theft, etc, so you still need an offsite solution. With prices falling, the drobo itself can actually be transplanted periodically.

06-29-2008	#5
Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	Re: Backup Philosophy: DVD's & HDD's? You're on the right path already, multiple copies of everything in different locations. Myself, I usually have a live copy (hard drive) and archival copy (CD or DVD) on site, plus backups on remote server, at business partner's house and for important stuff in a safety deposit box. The question I guess here is format. DVD's are good for archival where speed doesn't really matter. But hard drives are very very cheap at this point. Mirror the hard drive to another hard drive and use the drive itself as a backup. For keeping your live storage safe, I love the Drobo. Gives you all of the protection of a true SAN without the admin hassles. What it doesn't protect you against is losing the location due to fire, theft, etc, so you still need an offsite solution. With prices falling, the drobo itself can actually be transplanted periodically.