odditude wrote:Gil_Hamilton wrote:lots o' stuff
most people don't mean "backup" in an enterprise sense, d00d - it's just "omg needz to save my pics and mp3s and wareZ and pr0n!"
But that's not a backup, it's not even remotely related to a backup.
At least the PS/XBawkz kiddies ARE remotely on the right track when they call their pirated disks "backups." VERY remotely, but still...
I readily acknowledge that backing your shit up has become very difficult with the rapid expansion of hard drives, and the rise of the internet providing content to fill them.
But a porn stash is not a backup, no matter how reliable a drive it's on. It's just a really reliable porn stash.
I do admit I don't have any sort of backup plan.
I just pray my hard drive doesn't crash.
I've got shit from the 90s on here. Seriously.
Probably nothing I'd even notice was missing, but still!
although i think it'd be amusing trying to explain SCSI + LTO drive config, let alone the cost of controller, drive, media, and offsite vaulting.
then again, there are probably some people here insane enough to run TSM or somesuch on their desktop O_o
I want a tape drive...
I suppose a removable 2TB hard drive would be perfectly fine for my purposes, but...