Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:04 PM 7/31/2009, you wrote: >USB plugs are designed for a fixed number of insertions (3000 comes to >mind but I could be wrong. It has been a few years since I looked at >the spec). I doubt if you can exceed that in a year or 2. It is the USB plug. The whole thing is detached and rattling around inside the case. >Do you run backup S/W of some sort? I know nothing about Windows >backup S/W. I use Acronis and have everything backed up on a separate Western Digital 1T drive. >My low cost suggestion is to have 3 external disks of equal size. One >external disk is kept permanently at your office and another at your >farm - both are unplugged unless in use. You carry one back and forth. >The one you carry is the one you always copy your data to. You also >has to copy your data to the on-site disks. It's a bit cumbersome >because you have to copy your data 3 times if you are doing this >manually but this will make sure you have an active copy with you and >a local backup so if catastrophic events occur (fire, car crashes). That's basically what I'm planning to do with the main storage out here at the farm on a Drobo. >It is important to buy quality external disks. They should be from >different manufacturers. Note that it is hard to tell what hard disk >is actually in the nicely packaged external disks. I usually buy the >enclosure separately from the hard disk so I KNOW what disks are inside. Yes, I was very disappointed to find 2 250 GB Maxtor drives inside my Lacie 500GB external drive! Thanks - Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com