Comments on: Designing a Backup Plan http://www.firstclown.us/2008/11/11/designing-a-backup-plan/ firstclown at firstclown.us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FirstClown http://www.firstclown.us/2008/11/11/designing-a-backup-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-46825 FirstClown Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:14:58 +0000 http://www.dataprivacyandprotection.com/?p=22#comment-46825 Actually, both of these topics are in the works, so stay tuned.<br><br>As far as backups go, you're plan sounds awfully complicated. I use JungleDisk (which I'll talk about soon) for my backups and it will only backup things if they've changed from the last time it was run. I have it set up to backup everything nightly and if I've added or changed photos that day, it backs them up, but doesn't bother with the ones that haven't changed. If I was backing up every time, I would look into a strategy like yours.<br><br>But that would leave me open to data loss a little too much for me to be comfortable. If I took a lot of pictures and my computer crashed in the middle of the month, those pictures are gone for good. That really doesn't sit right with me.<br><br>If your set up is due to the software you're using, you may want to look into using different software. Actually, both of these topics are in the works, so stay tuned.

As far as backups go, you're plan sounds awfully complicated. I use JungleDisk (which I'll talk about soon) for my backups and it will only backup things if they've changed from the last time it was run. I have it set up to backup everything nightly and if I've added or changed photos that day, it backs them up, but doesn't bother with the ones that haven't changed. If I was backing up every time, I would look into a strategy like yours.

But that would leave me open to data loss a little too much for me to be comfortable. If I took a lot of pictures and my computer crashed in the middle of the month, those pictures are gone for good. That really doesn't sit right with me.

If your set up is due to the software you're using, you may want to look into using different software.

]]> By: NikhilR http://www.firstclown.us/2008/11/11/designing-a-backup-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-46824 NikhilR Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:26:11 +0000 http://www.dataprivacyandprotection.com/?p=22#comment-46824 I'm interested in your thoughts regarding frequency of backups. I use a backup program to run incremental backup jobs nightly (on data that changes most often, such as source code, documents, etc.), weekly (for less frequently updated files, such as photos, etc.), and then monthly, for everything else, including my music & video library. Is this overkill?<br><br>Finally - (and this may be fodder for a future post), I would love to hear your thoughts on password management strategies. I'm interested in your thoughts regarding frequency of backups. I use a backup program to run incremental backup jobs nightly (on data that changes most often, such as source code, documents, etc.), weekly (for less frequently updated files, such as photos, etc.), and then monthly, for everything else, including my music & video library. Is this overkill?

Finally – (and this may be fodder for a future post), I would love to hear your thoughts on password management strategies.

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