Computer data storage and backing it up.

[kaiser]

What is the recommendation for storing back up data? Pen drive or external hard drive? Or summat else?

 

[tintin40]

I use a lacie hard drive that is also rubber protected from dropping

 

[Kestonian]

I bought a 500 gigabyte external hard drive.

Harder to lose than a pen drive!

 

[drystonepaul]

I use 400gb and 500gb external hard drives to archive and back up files pretty regularly.
I fill them up pretty quickly with video files though because I'm a professional film-maker and the last thing I want is to lose work for a client.
I mostly use Freecom drives as I've never had any problems with them at all.

 

[Lysander]

I use a lacie hard drive that is also rubber protected from dropping

I use a lacie hard drive that is not rubber protected from dropping..........but is designed by Porsche (waddevaTF that means!)

I use various pen drives, SD cards, Compact Flash, etc for short term storage, but have proper backup and archives on external HD- £50 will get ye one with more than enough room- I think ye can even get TerraByte ones now for @ £100.

I also archive some work to CD/DVD disc, kind of belt and braces paranoia- mainly design work- like Paul's Video stuff above- it means there's a version of files somewhere in the event of a Monster F***Up.

 

[perry]

designed by Porsche

all the interesting stuff is at the back and if it goes wrong its going into a hedge

 

[hamster]

External HDD on my desk, plus DVD's with the critical stuff (family photos etc) also made and kept at my parents in case of fire or burglary here.

 

[J i m s t e r]

2 x 500GB externals. Mirrored (maually, using SyncToy).

 

[kaiser]

Possibly all on the large side. It was a colleague asking about backing up his wifes accounts and some photo's, I suggested a pen drive (16gb). But it got me wondering about the most reliable format and I thought the pen drive because of the lack of moving bits?

 

[m-trax]

I use raid - writes simultaneously to both. Also use an external hard drive occasionally.