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2005/3/7-8 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:36558 Activity:high
3/7     What is everyone doing to backup data on their home computers?
        \_ cron + ssh + rsync.
        \_ I back up my p0rn to soda.
        \_ http://csua.com/?entry=36448
           http://csua.com/?entry=36437
           - jvarga
        \_ I have a semifunctional scheme working involving tar.gz, crypto, and
           cron'ed web fetches with friends.  I'm looking to add something
           involving rdiff to send smaller tarballs.  This is only for critical
           data (just a few gigs) --dbushong
        \_ I scp the whole directory tree over to my home account at work
           periodically (like three times a year, max). -ausman
        \_ rsync to a firewire/IDE enclosure.
        \_ I burn it to DVD+R/RW every now and then.
        \_ DVD-RW + Toast
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I have about 20G of music, 80G of anime, 80G of movies, and the rest I use as OS, data, and some pron. I have about 50GB of "personal data" (I have every document/project I've created since I got my 386. My main drive is about 250GB and I tend to keep it filled about 60% with software installations and etc. And finally, I keep about 200-250GB of virtual PC images for software development. My server maintains snapshots and backups of my personal data and media.
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I've had 3 consecutive WD-200 Caviar failures in 6 months on this particular computer while the same WD-200 Caviar didn't fail on any of my other computers. It turns out that the airflow sucks and the HD gets really really hot, to more than 130F. Nowadays I use special HD fans in conjunction with good filtered in and out fans that bring down the temperature to 80-90F. It's been 1 years since I did that and I haven't had any failure. The SCSI discs are aimed at business users and are built to much higher standards and typically come with a 5yr warranty vs. If you really care about reliability then you should go with SCSI (either u160 or u320) drives. If you are unwilling (or unable) to pay the SCSI reliability premium, SATA drives from either WD or Seagate are not bad. I would have to say that Maxtors do have a perceived reliability problem, but I've only had one maxtor about to fail and one which is somewhat unreliable, they did replace one within a reasonable amount of time. The worst drive failure I've had so far was an IBM, and it was out of warranty by less than a year. I've had Seagate fail on me also, but those were old seagates from Ultra10s, which are known to have used cheapie parts. As for perceived reliability, I've had mixed experiences over the years. Maxtor and WD have been *equally* reliable in that I think I've only RMA'd one or two of each in the 50+ hard drives I've owned. I had one IBM deathstar which did exactly what its name promised. I figure that the internals are all come from the same place, so as said below, buy for warranty. Always assume that the drive will fail and that you'll have to replace it. Since *all* PATA drives are being knocked down to 1 year warranties now, I just watch the deal sites and buy the cheap and big maxtor or wd drive of the week. there are still other drives out there with at least a 3 year warranty. My current main system has 5, my server 3 160GB hard drives are also cheap enough as to where I can buy one, back up everything to it, then just go stick it in my fire safe. I go to work at 9am and do not come back home until 6pm. The front door key is under the hollow rock to the left of my front door. I prefer SCSI drives for performance, but they don't seem to last any longer (in fact, less long - probably because of heat with the higher RPMs) \_ Well put! In terms of mainstream IDE drives with at least three years of warranty: Hitachi > Western Digital > Maxtor, Samsung, Seagate In terms of notebook drives: Hitachi >> everyone else. In terms of IDE drives with 1 year warranty, you got me, since I don't buy those. I noticed most high end stuff uses Seagate, that's my current brand of choice.