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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Baret" data-source="post: 1319330" data-attributes="member: 52110"><p>I personally would skip the online backup route. I know I may sound a bit old-fashioned with this advice, but what if the site were to fail or get hacked? What if the hackers exploited your personal data?</p><p></p><p>I generally use a four-step approach to backups:</p><p></p><p>1. My external hard drive is where most backups go right away. The drive is small enough I can easily lock it up in a fireproof safe.</p><p></p><p>2. Periodically, I'll burn a DVD-R of files. I do this for two reasons. First, if the external hard drive were to fail, I have a backup of the data, which is small enough to also fit in the safe. Second, it allows me to compress a season's worth or so of files on the external hard drive. As a result, I've used the same drive for several years without running out of space.</p><p></p><p>3. If the file is extremely important, I'll generally place it on multiple machines. There are some things I have on four different computers.</p><p></p><p>4. I also keep my frequently-used important files on a USB memory key.</p><p></p><p>I don't use any of the backup programs or Time Machine, mostly because this system has been working well for me for a long time. The only files I keep on my domain are the ones I want to have published online; I also don't have any subscriptions to any cloud services. That's not to say I can't see myself using some sort of cloud service down the road–it may come in handy for the job–but I'd be extremely picky about what would wind up on the cloud servers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Baret, post: 1319330, member: 52110"] I personally would skip the online backup route. I know I may sound a bit old-fashioned with this advice, but what if the site were to fail or get hacked? What if the hackers exploited your personal data? I generally use a four-step approach to backups: 1. My external hard drive is where most backups go right away. The drive is small enough I can easily lock it up in a fireproof safe. 2. Periodically, I'll burn a DVD-R of files. I do this for two reasons. First, if the external hard drive were to fail, I have a backup of the data, which is small enough to also fit in the safe. Second, it allows me to compress a season's worth or so of files on the external hard drive. As a result, I've used the same drive for several years without running out of space. 3. If the file is extremely important, I'll generally place it on multiple machines. There are some things I have on four different computers. 4. I also keep my frequently-used important files on a USB memory key. I don't use any of the backup programs or Time Machine, mostly because this system has been working well for me for a long time. The only files I keep on my domain are the ones I want to have published online; I also don't have any subscriptions to any cloud services. That's not to say I can't see myself using some sort of cloud service down the road–it may come in handy for the job–but I'd be extremely picky about what would wind up on the cloud servers. [/QUOTE]
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