What are My Backup Storage Options?
When you don’t do a backup on your data and your files, you are choosing to life your life on the edge. A power surge, or a faulty software update, virus or just a slight miscalculation of your mouse click and you could end up with a damaged computer! What kind of media should you use to store your backups? You have many options when it comes to the backup of your files. It all depends on your needs, budget and your preferences.
Your hard drive can provide a fast backup and store your file, but external hard drives can be taken off site for safe storage. External hard drives are a little more expensive than internal ones. Hard drives are the best choice for bootable backups or when you want to back up your entire network. They are ideal for archiving frequently used files that you use on a regular basis, or when you want to schedule backups to occur every day or every other day.
You can purchase external hard drives with any combination of fire wire, serial ATA interface, and USB 2.0 port. All Macs have fire wire ports and can also boot from an external fire wire 400 drive.
Another way to do your backups is through recordable DVD’s. Recordable DVD’s are cheap and can transfer your backup data, but it takes a lot longer than hard drives. This makes them a good choice for files that change infrequently. An example of this is your music collection or your photos and videos. Recordable CDs are only for people who do not have superdrives. This is so, because record CD’s have a limited means for capacity. You’ll be spending a long time feeding in discs and spending tons of time waiting for your backups to finish. You DO want a life!
Another way to perform your regular backup programs is to store files from multiple computers on your network. This can be done without setting up a computer to act as a file server. You can buy a network-attached storage device at any major computer retailer. They are also known as network hard drives. They can be available in both wireless and wired variety. This device is a hard drive that is a hard drive with a network interface. It has a built in server. This means there is no computer required! Just turn it on via your web browser and set up your individual user accounts. Then you just store your files on the disk.
If you are short on cash and short on time, there may be another option. For under $100 you can get your hands on backup storage software that will solve all of your backup problems. You can have peace of mind, knowing your files are being backed up and you’re prepared just incase the inevitable happens.
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