[AT] Here we go again

[Ken Knierim]

I haven't done it yet but a buddy of mine has his computer to the hard
drive he keeps (running) in his fire-resistant gun safe. He is looking
to put a complete fanless server in there (similar to my SimpleShare
box but with login capability) but hasn't pieced it together yet. I
like my SimpleShare network file server but apparently you can't get
them anymore. It's a network hard drive I picked up for $150. Plug the
network in and use it as a server. It's about the size of a book and
has 400 GB storage. This on top of 1 hard drive (a backup) I keep in
the freezer (poor man's fire-resistant storage) and the dual drives
(supposed to be mirror config but I haven't got it quite right so I
just copy one to the other) on the main server.

Which reminds me... gotta do backups tonight.

Ken in AZ

On Jan 25, 2008 7:24 PM, Jim & Lyn Evans <jevans at evanstoys.com> wrote:
> Now take the CDs and store them offsite.  Maybe your safe deposit box.  I
> have a bunch of CDs stored in a zip lock bag in my shop.  If the house ever
> burns down I still have a backup of my pictures, finances, etc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bob McNitt
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:42 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Here we go again
>
>
> >Larry,  store all those pics on CD NOW
>
> Larry -
>
> If I could add to Charlie's advice about storing your images on CD (or DVD)
> ...Something I got in the habit of several years ago might also be worth
> consideration.
>
> I purchased a 20-gig external hard drive that I store backups of just about
> ALL of my critical or important programs & data on. I also usually keep
> images & videos on either CDs or DVDs to save space and make them readily
> available.
>
> Case in point happened just yesterday when the hard drive on my #1 Dell
> desktop PC crashed. I already have a new replacement hard drive on the way
> (www.geeks.com). Once I install it and the OS, I can copy all my external
> folders & files to it and thus get back to a semblance of normalcy without
> losing hardly anything.
>
> We seldom consider what happens when a hard drive crashes, but it can be
> devastating to lose all the data that may have taken years to accumulate,
> and much of it -- like images -- will be gone forever unless there's a
> separate backup storage system in place.
>
> Bob
> In snow upstate NY
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