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Backing up files, the future

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Lionheart

SOH-CM-2014
Hey guys,


I have heard of many of the newest forms of backing up files, such as Mirror drives, RAID (several versions), and external USB/Firewire/SATA linked HD's, like the new 1TB Books, etc.

Now they have Stacks for external drives, some up to 4 and 6 HD's high or wide. Some come with their own built in HD's, some you must fill the racks, (almost like servers).

Amazing...


Tonight, I was missing files for my payware version Fraps. Finally tracked it down to a HD backup drive from 2 computers ago, lol.. Luckily I have a aux PATA drive HD jumper so I could link into it, power it up, and upload its precious cargo.


With the prices of HD's coming way down, I am beginning to see HD's taking on the new roll as file storage systems, instead of CD's and DVD's, which is what I have been using for the past several years. Certainly makes sense.

For instance, I have this unique little white box now that sits on my desk. It has a slot in the top. All I do is plug a SATA drive HD in this thing, click the button, fancy blue lights light up on the front, and Voila, I have another HD instantly online.

I can see having a tower for just HD's, a storage tower only for holding data. You could keep it on a bookshelf away from the computer so the cooling fan didnt disturb you.

In my venture into converting to Apple/Mac systems, I am impressed by how they handle backups. Their OS come with a system called 'Time Machine'. If you have a secondary drive hooked up, it asks you if you want to link it to Time Machine. (I have one drive dedicated to it). When in Mac mode, it will update the TM when things are adjusted on the main HD. They also have this thing called 'Time Capsule', a totally seperate hardware system, which is a WiFi base station and HD backup 'Time Machine' all in one. You can link all your household Macs to this thing, and it updates and backs up Disc Images of your HD's to it. If you have a catastrophic failure, you burn the Image backup to your HD and Voila, back on your feet again as quick as that.

Amazing group and idea's... and Hardware.


What an amazing age we are in.. I thank the Lord I have lived long enough to see such incredible things...




Bill
 
I've been using 2 external SATA drives for backups for the last few years, one touch backup, saves a ton of time and worry.

Really looking forward to seeing what the future has in store for the solid state drives, expensive now, but some potential.
 
MCDesigns said:
Really looking forward to seeing what the future has in store for the solid state drives, expensive now, but some potential.
Click to expand...

I agree. They do look to be an interesting new line of HD's. They had some at Fry's Electronics the last time I was in. I think they were around $500.00, just like Terrabyte drives were, lol.. Soon that price will be way down, probably less then spinning style HD's as there will be no moving parts now.

I wonder if they will start to become super small or atleast super thin? CD Drives have become thin for Laptops. I wonder if HD's (SS types) will also start to take on a size reduction?

Could you imagine a SS drive that was the size of a Sound card and held 4 Terrabytes? lol... Man..




Bill
 
As I was reading this earlier on my iPod Touch I was thinking... Bill's lost it. He's raving about media servers and hardrives. Then it struck me... I was reading a website on my MP3 player!

How much things have changed... the Touch has 170 times the storage of the first HD I owned for a computer... and it's faster.

I think I'll just let Bill enjoy whatever part of the new technology appeals to him, besides I have to check my email on the Touch and get a weather forecast. :)
 
Disk storage is constantly evolving. I was reading PC Pilot magazine last night and was looking over the configs of some boutique rigs that were being advertised and noted how solid state disk drives (SSD) at 150 gig were incorporated for faster loading of apps (they specifically mentioned installing FS9/FSX on one of these as a benefit in the ad).

The HD in my 1st PC was 130meg.....MEG....M-E-G ! I was told by fellow PC gamers "You'll never fill that up ! :typing: Of course, I remember that the 1st Tomb Raider game put a paltry 300K file on your harddrive and ran the rest off of the CD (unless of course, you were playing the "Nude Raider" version of the game; but after a while a naked Lara running around tended to lose the immersion factor..... )
The latest TR game requires about 5 gig of space. :faint:Ms Croft never looked better but does take up some real estate....


Techology doesn't stand still for long, if at all. Bill, I too, am thankful to have been on the ride ! What a great pasttime/hobby/obscession this is !:woot:
 
i was cleaning my office today
i found Zip disks, floppys small and large
and a bunch of tapes :woot:
yes things have changed
LOL
H
 
I think my first PC had a 50 or 75 megabyte hard drive. The 486 SX 25, a computing powerhouse. :bananalama:
 
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