[B0b]

one of my Hard Disks in my RAID 0 array bit the dust.. lucky for me i do a backup every night on my external drive so only thing lost is OS and App setup

4 years ago my 80GB Hard Disks cost 120 each and today i picked up 120GB Drives for 37 ea!!!! amazing how the cost of media has dropped..

[Max]

well, its true that it gets less expensive but at the same time your gig consumption raises : )

[neff]

right. i switched from my old 120gb system to a 640gb set, wow. and it's nearly full
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[Drew]

[B0b]

geeez NeFF dump that porn

Drew, i just copy whatever work i'm doing at the time onto my external Firewire - takes no time at all
once a job is finished i then put it on a DVD/CD x2 and keep 1 onsite and the other @ a friends place..

[iandredd]

Anyone know of some backup software that can copy stuff to another location and then automatically detect which files have changed or been added the next time you backup, so you dont have to copy the whole lot again.

Im also worried about stuff ive archived on to dvd, i know they can dont last forever so should i put them on new dvds every few years? Any ideas folks? I'm useless with this stuff.

[B0b]

there's some built-in windows stuff that will detect changes etc. but its dodgy as..

retrospect will back stuff up to a given location replacing just the stuff thats changed if u tell it to

Optical media is volitile stuff - i keep all my backups in darkness - saying that i've got CD's that i made 8 years ago that still work..

depending on the cheapness of ur media gives u an idea of how long it will last.. i usually do a bulb test with any disks that i'm going to use - if you can see the text easily through the other side of the disk when u hold it up to a light bulb, the film of foil thats on the disk has been made to the thinest it can go which means dodgy cheap crap that needs throwing..

idealy with todays cheap-midrange disks you'll need to look at replacing the backups in about 4-5 years

[Tzan]

[iandredd]

Thanks for the info B0b, very uesful. And thanks for that link Tzan, that just what i was after!