Richard Prosser wrote: > On 15/09/06, Tim wrote: > > snipped... >> We have a small network in our house. There's an older PC with a >> dedicated data drive and we use it for backups of daily changes, etc. >> My biggest concern is equipment failure and I think the chances of >> both the main computer disk and the backup server disk going TU at the >> same time is fairly slim. Important stuff gets sent to a computer at >> my office periodically. >> >> Tim > > > Unless you get a power surge / lightening hit etc. Agreed, it's not foolproof. The computers are on UPS and our Internet connection is via Wireless DSL. The UPS help with the power surges and normally if there are storms in the area everything is powered off and unplugged. Data itself does go off-site to another computer via Windows and Linux versions of rsync each day. Thus far we've never had to retrieve anything from either the local or remote backup storage. Tim -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist