Comments on: My December Stockpile http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-december-stockpile/ Living A Story To Tell Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tara Maxfield http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-december-stockpile/comment-page-1/#comment-126669 Tara Maxfield Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:02:41 +0000 http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/?p=369#comment-126669 Why didn't I read this post earlier? It might have possibly reminded me I was being careless and should have backed up. Why didn’t I read this post earlier? It might have possibly reminded me I was being careless and should have backed up.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-december-stockpile/comment-page-1/#comment-126640 Brenda Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:23:46 +0000 http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/?p=369#comment-126640 Thanks for the ideas. Kris's computer was stolen a month ago when her home was broken into. Her biggest regret was losing all her years of church talks that were on the computer. Thanks for the ideas. Kris’s computer was stolen a month ago when her home was broken into. Her biggest regret was losing all her years of church talks that were on the computer.

]]> By: Brian http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-december-stockpile/comment-page-1/#comment-126638 Brian Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:51:33 +0000 http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/?p=369#comment-126638 PS...I'm pretty serious about backups. =) PS…I’m pretty serious about backups. =)

]]> By: Brian http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-december-stockpile/comment-page-1/#comment-126637 Brian Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:51:20 +0000 http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/?p=369#comment-126637 Brenda, I wrote a while back about the way that I back up. (Though I have changed a bit since this writing.) http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-approach-on-backups/ But the main thing for me is to a) have a full copy of everything and b) keep a copy of it offsite. In short, I use a program called SuperDuper which clones my whole computer to an external hard drive. The nice thing about this is that the external hard drive is completely bootable. So, if my computer were to get stolen, I could plug this drive into another machine and boot right from it. The part that is just as important is having a copy offsite. For instance, each week I go back and forth between two drives. While the one is at home, I have the other in my data center. Then, on Thursdays I'll switch them out. All the time, only having one in my house. That way, if there is fire or theft, I have another copy offsite. I need to do this regularly since my computer is my lifeline for work. But, for most others they could just do it every two or three weeks. For instance, the second and third Friday you could do the backup. THen, keep a second drive at Grandma's house that you can swap out every other Sunday that you visit. (Or something like that.) Brenda, I wrote a while back about the way that I back up. (Though I have changed a bit since this writing.)

http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-approach-on-backups/

But the main thing for me is to a) have a full copy of everything and b) keep a copy of it offsite.

In short, I use a program called SuperDuper which clones my whole computer to an external hard drive. The nice thing about this is that the external hard drive is completely bootable. So, if my computer were to get stolen, I could plug this drive into another machine and boot right from it.

The part that is just as important is having a copy offsite. For instance, each week I go back and forth between two drives. While the one is at home, I have the other in my data center. Then, on Thursdays I’ll switch them out. All the time, only having one in my house. That way, if there is fire or theft, I have another copy offsite.

I need to do this regularly since my computer is my lifeline for work. But, for most others they could just do it every two or three weeks. For instance, the second and third Friday you could do the backup. THen, keep a second drive at Grandma’s house that you can swap out every other Sunday that you visit. (Or something like that.)

]]> By: Brenda http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/my-december-stockpile/comment-page-1/#comment-126636 Brenda Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:46:10 +0000 http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/?p=369#comment-126636 Brian, which method of back up do you recommend? I just put things on a flashdrive. Any better suggestions? Brian, which method of back up do you recommend? I just put things on a flashdrive. Any better suggestions?

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