Comments on: Data Backup: Online, Offline & DiamonDiscs

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By: James Andrews

James Andrews — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:27:31 +0000

Have a look at http://www.perfectbackup.co.uk it will backup your data offsite and also run a local backup to a NAS or USB drive at the same time. That way you have an onsite and offsite backup.

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By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:13:32 +0000

I have a back up regimen, which suits me just fine, however with the price of backup software and one package not doing, as I want it to. Has led me to believe that buying a rather inexpensive internal HDD in the 1 to 1.5 TB range. At present, the prices are relatively cheap in comparison and the ROI is very short.

The current store price (on-line) the store price might be lower once in the door is:
SATA2 1.0TB SEAGATE 7200.12 32M ST31000528AS $99.00 CAD
SATA2 1.5TB SEAGATE 7200.11 32M ST31500341AS $139.00 CAD = 500 GB for $40. Extra CAD

The current system has 1.4 TB of which only a fraction is being used doubling plus a bit ensures years of stable encrypted in-house backups.

I do not trust any off site Internet backup scheme one does not know who is behind the scenes and if they have access to the files.

Also there is running a system in full RAID mode where C: is mirrored onto D: … makes life easy for sure.

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By: Jeremy Phan

Jeremy Phan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:51 +0000

Hard drive crashes suck but I’ve never heard of a data recovery place charging for a failed recovery. It’s usually “no data, no charge”.

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:05:16 +0000

I followed friends’ advice and bought a portable hard disk drive this last summer. After a summer with family and friends I decided to start sharing my photos and videos (as well as saving them to DVDs) but to my surprise, the HDD was inoperable! Yes, I contacted the manufacturer and they would replace it but not my memories… and if I decide to send it to a data recovery place, the warranty will be void and on top of paying the data recovery fee (which by the way, is not guaranteed), I will have to pay for a new portable drive. I guess I will give it a try to online backup systems.

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By: Nadya

Nadya — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:31:29 +0000

With online backups it has never been easier to backup your data. There is a new CloudBerry Online Backup powered by Amazon S3 reliable and cost efficient storage. You can download it at http://cloudberrydrive.com

Nadya,
CloudBerry Lab team

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By: Ian Kerry

Ian Kerry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:53:57 +0000

Backing up data is truly a challenge. I find the best way to back up is using one of the online backup services.

There are many such service providers out there. The best way to pick an online backup company is by Googling “Online Backup Review”.

There are good review sites and read their rankings, ratings, features and so on, and then decide which one to pick.

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