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<blockquote data-quote="Gary Brackins" data-source="post: 1714001" data-attributes="member: 226905"><p>Scott,</p><p></p><p>a multiple backup strategy is what I use since my data for work is important to the success of my business. My thought is that all drives eventually fail (no matter who makes 'em), so if I have my data in multiple locations then less likely am I to lose the data. I have a couple of old LaCie's (replaced the drives in them with WD Red drives) that I backup to every month ( use automator) just as a static non-powered storage option. I have 6 G-Technology powered units (HGST & Hitachi drives), 2 set to Time Machine, and 4 set to Carbon Copy Cloner (set to different clone intervals), one gets cloned weekly and stored off-site in a safe deposit box at my bank (use two units for this). I also use Carbonite (off-site) and iCloud (use automator to back certain files types to iCloud).</p><p></p><p>just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean I won't lose my data .... but hopefully not. hmmm, maybe I should get a few more drives just in case ......</p><p></p><p>moral of the storage story the more the better, I originally started with Seagate and WD drives (less expensive options) and replaced them over time, but I always had multiple backup sources.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary Brackins, post: 1714001, member: 226905"] Scott, a multiple backup strategy is what I use since my data for work is important to the success of my business. My thought is that all drives eventually fail (no matter who makes 'em), so if I have my data in multiple locations then less likely am I to lose the data. I have a couple of old LaCie's (replaced the drives in them with WD Red drives) that I backup to every month ( use automator) just as a static non-powered storage option. I have 6 G-Technology powered units (HGST & Hitachi drives), 2 set to Time Machine, and 4 set to Carbon Copy Cloner (set to different clone intervals), one gets cloned weekly and stored off-site in a safe deposit box at my bank (use two units for this). I also use Carbonite (off-site) and iCloud (use automator to back certain files types to iCloud). just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean I won't lose my data .... but hopefully not. hmmm, maybe I should get a few more drives just in case ...... moral of the storage story the more the better, I originally started with Seagate and WD drives (less expensive options) and replaced them over time, but I always had multiple backup sources. [/QUOTE]
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