Wardy's misfortune below got me thinking how others back up their music. My music (23,000+ songs) is all stored on my iMac hard drive, which is fully backed up on external hard drive. All CD's are clearly available to reload if everything crashes but I also copy any electronic only music files onto backup DVD's. So, three versions of everything - hard copy (CD or DVD), iMac and external drive. Is this OTT?http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887535#msg-887535Thu, 23 May 2013 23:44:32 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887786#msg-887786 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887786#msg-887786
Photos are copied to the same drive, but I also use Picassa and upload them to google photos so I can view them anywhere in the world.]]> OzzMosiz NoticeboardMon, 16 Apr 2012 18:21:07 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887644#msg-887644 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887644#msg-887644 Scott Watson NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 20:24:18 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887589#msg-887589 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887589#msg-887589A decent RAID set-up is a good way to go, and maybe online storage, and DVDs, and a couple of external HD's............
Where do you stop?

I'd be fucked anyway as i recently sold all my cps although much like Rocknut, it's my photographs i'd be really devastated to lose.]]> D-rock NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 05:10:33 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887585#msg-887585 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887585#msg-887585 SNorander NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 04:53:37 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887581#msg-887581 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887581#msg-887581 Coco NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 04:03:37 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887580#msg-887580 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887580#msg-887580I think I'm a bit OTT, but with the relatively low cost of storage I thought better to be safe than sorry. :-)]]> daggreen NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 04:01:27 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887579#msg-887579 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887579#msg-887579Another good touch with Crashplan is you can access the files from an iPhone. You find the uploaded files you want and in seconds they are stored on your phone. A great feature.
I'd recommend it, but best used in conjunction with a conventional HDD...
Hope this helps]]> daggreen NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 03:54:26 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887578#msg-887578 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887578#msg-887578 Lutty NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 03:48:29 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887577#msg-887577 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887577#msg-887577-------------------------------------------------------
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> I'm just off out to get a surge protector for my
> whole house!


It pays to have them. In my town, a couple of months ago, there was a big power surge that affected a lot of homes, and many people lost thousands of pounds worth of electrical goods.]]> Coco NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 03:39:26 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887574#msg-887574 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887574#msg-887574
I'm just off out to get a surge protector for my whole house!]]> Vantheman NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 03:35:09 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887571#msg-887571 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887571#msg-887571 Coco NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 03:29:33 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887569#msg-887569 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887569#msg-887569
Web interface, easy to setup, even allows me to listen to the music on my NAS from work or on the road via my Android phone. Pretty cool technology.]]> DirtyPennyIowa NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 02:36:55 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887564#msg-887564 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887564#msg-887564 Lutty NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:40:37 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887562#msg-887562 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887562#msg-887562 Philthy Phil NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:34:38 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887561#msg-887561 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887561#msg-887561 Vantheman NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:26:15 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887559#msg-887559 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887559#msg-887559
I have ripped a lot of my CD collection to those external drives in a lossless format, so that takes up a lot of room. It really all depends on what you want to use it for. A mate of mine thought there was no way he would ever need more than 500GB of external storage, but he's always taking full HD family video footage and soon used up a lot of that space.]]> Coco NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:14:42 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887558#msg-887558 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887558#msg-887558-------------------------------------------------------
> It's not the music that bothers me. If that goes I
> can easily replace it. It's my photographs that I
> can't afford to lose.


Burn them to a blank DVD. I do that with all my important files. I also use jump drives for document storage but if you have a big enough one, you can put your pics on there as well ;)]]> Probie Sheen NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:09:00 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887554#msg-887554 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887554#msg-887554 Philthy Phil NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:55:24 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887552#msg-887552 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887552#msg-887552 Coco NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:23:36 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887551#msg-887551 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887551#msg-887551 Lutty NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:14:52 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887550#msg-887550 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887550#msg-887550 Snake65 NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:12:41 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887549#msg-887549 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887549#msg-887549 Snake65 NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:08:32 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887546#msg-887546 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887546#msg-887546
Better to be safe than sorry.]]> mark_kennedy NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:02:55 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887544#msg-887544 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887544#msg-887544 rocknut NoticeboardSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:37 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887542#msg-887542 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887542#msg-887542 daggreen NoticeboardFri, 13 Apr 2012 23:58:37 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887537#msg-887537 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887537#msg-887537 rocknut NoticeboardFri, 13 Apr 2012 23:55:06 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887536#msg-887536 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887536#msg-887536 gary191265 NoticeboardFri, 13 Apr 2012 23:53:48 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887535#msg-887535 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,887535,887535#msg-887535
My music (23,000+ songs) is all stored on my iMac hard drive, which is fully backed up on external hard drive.

All CD's are clearly available to reload if everything crashes but I also copy any electronic only music files onto backup DVD's.

So, three versions of everything - hard copy (CD or DVD), iMac and external drive.

Is this OTT?]]> Lutty NoticeboardFri, 13 Apr 2012 23:52:06 +1000