Computer geeks! Need your advice.

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

First question to you should've been "How big is the total size of the files you want to back up?"

Currently it's a small amount of data. I just checked and the pictures & videos are only 4GB. My wife likely has more data to store and I'm sure I could find some work files to back up as well. Also, I would anticipate the photo and video amount to sky rocket as my son gets older.

Also, cost and convenience are a factor. I'd like something that I setup once and the backups are done on a regular basis automatically. I don't want to sit at my PC burning disks if I don't have to.

Also, I'd like to say "computer geek" is a term of endearment.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by MikeyC

Currently it's a small amount of data. I just checked and the pictures & videos are only 4GB. My wife likely has more data to store and I'm sure I could find some work files to back up as well. Also, I would anticipate the photo and video amount to sky rocket as my son gets older.

Also, cost and convenience are a factor. I'd like something that I setup once and the backups are done on a regular basis automatically. I don't want to sit at my PC burning disks if I don't have to.

Also, I'd like to say "computer geek" is a term of endearment.

With my grandson at three, I am now up to 40gb in photos alone, plus add videos.

For ease, the drive you describe works awesome.
With my Mac, when I connect it, it backs up latest changes automatically.
You can also go with Apple's time capsule and not only an awesome router but also an automatic back up hard drive.

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by MikeyC

Currently it's a small amount of data. I just checked and the pictures & videos are only 4GB. My wife likely has more data to store and I'm sure I could find some work files to back up as well. Also, I would anticipate the photo and video amount to sky rocket as my son gets older.

Also, cost and convenience are a factor. I'd like something that I setup once and the backups are done on a regular basis automatically. I don't want to sit at my PC burning disks if I don't have to.

Also, I'd like to say "computer geek" is a term of endearment.

Get a RAID enclosure; you'll have to buy hard drives to fill it. RAID can mirror, stripe, or mirror and stripe your drives so you have redundancy and do not have to worry about losing our data because of a drive failure. If you fill up the drives you buy, you can always upgrade the drives.

Computer Geek is a compliment...

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by kgoings

Get a RAID enclosure; you'll have to buy hard drives to fill it. RAID can mirror, stripe, or mirror and stripe your drives so you have redundancy and do not have to worry about losing our data because of a drive failure.

You'll need at least 3 drives for redundancy and can only store as large as the smallest drive.

At the cost of storage prices, an annual SD, Flash, or HD copied and stored away could be cheaper. Inevitablly, you want off site storage if you truly want you data protected. Anyplace you can see out your window is not off site.