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ErVikingo 06-26-2008 01:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by gr8fl4porsche (Post 4026032)
A little off topic, but what do you do with 20-30 thousand pics of the little ones growing up?

CD's fail.
DVD's fail.

Hard Drives - forget about it.

Print them and put them in boxes - I guess this is the winner so far.
I have a setup with mirrored hard drives and an online backup service as additional security.

porsche4life 06-26-2008 01:58 PM
But in x number of years who's to say that the web site will still be in operation and that both those hard drives will still be compatible with anything close to modern. New technology comes out like every 5 minutes.

kstar 06-26-2008 04:35 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by gr8fl4porsche (Post 4026032)
A little off topic, but what do you do with 20-30 thousand pics of the little ones growing up?

CD's fail.
DVD's fail.

Hard Drives - forget about it.

Print them and put them in boxes - I guess this is the winner so far.
High-res, deep laser etching into granite. You'll lose the color, but they'll probably last for a while.

Drew001 06-26-2008 06:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by gr8fl4porsche (Post 4026032)
A little off topic, but what do you do with 20-30 thousand pics of the little ones growing up?

CD's fail.
DVD's fail.

Hard Drives - forget about it.

Print them and put them in boxes - I guess this is the winner so far.
Carbonite.com
$49 a year - no storage limit. It's Windows only right now, but OS X compatibility will be offered soon.

You never know what will happen - theft, fire, the super-quake.

I do weekly backups and have the drives in my earthquake kit ready to jam out the door (and a big, redundant drive stashed at work), but online, encrypted storage beats (or compliments) my backup solution, IMO.

Pazuzu 06-26-2008 08:46 PM
It's just data, if the SHTF, does your data really mean a hill of beans?

I mean, when the city you live in is swallowed by an earthquake, is anyone gonna fault you because that project you were working on, or your 401K receipts that were on a hard drive somewhere were destroyed???

kstar 06-26-2008 08:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pazuzu (Post 4026821)
It's just data, if the SHTF, does your data really mean a hill of beans?

I mean, when the city you live in is swallowed by an earthquake, is anyone gonna fault you because that project you were working on, or your 401K receipts that were on a hard drive somewhere were destroyed???
Yes! They're called the IRS. :D

Pazuzu 06-26-2008 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by kstarnes (Post 4026833)
Yes! They're called the IRS. :D
Touche ;)


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