Originally Posted by
UALOneKPlus
The vault cost me a few hundred. I store my passport, checkbooks, cash, etc other things in there. Most people should have a vault or safe of some sort.
I back up on a regular schedule. My portable drives are backed up whenever I have important files to back up - I then sync those to the NAS which then propagates it to the other servers when I get home. My NAS and other servers are done daily when I'm home. The one in the vault is backed up every time before I leave home on a trip.
Very easy and regularly done without any headaches at all. Easier than flossing my teeth or getting dressed in the morning.
This all requires effort. With Mozy you don't even think about it - it gets done automatically. In my view anytime you require people to think about backing their stuff up, you're already screwed. People forget, don't want to worry about it, etc. Like I said, if you're an IT type and get a kick out of this stuff (as you seem to) then maybe it works. But for the general population this seems like a lot of effort.
Originally Posted by
UALOneKPlus
If your data matters to you, then this is an extremely easy and effective strategy. I don't have tons of data trapped at a 3rd party's server somewhere, paying ransom month after month to keep it safe.
Shrug. I'm not particularly paranoid about people poking around in my Word files or listening to my iTunes at Mozy.