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From: Burt Johnson on 4 May 2008 23:59
Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <1igeskf.mccoal15grx34N%burt(a)mindstorm-inc.com>,
> burt(a)mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I wish I could also say 9AM-6PM on weekends, but it currently just has
> > one setting for all 7 days, and does not allow variation on specific
> > days of the week.
> Okay. So, it would probably work best if I did SuperDuper every week
> to the portable HD to back up the whole thing and just my home folder to
> Mozy on a continual basis. The portable DH slips rather nicely into my
> computer case in case something dies on the road and I need the OS (and
> given my line of work) Word in a HURRRRYYY!!!@!

I run Time Machine for my local complete backup. i don't bother with
super duper or other manual processes any more. If I have a disk crash,
I will just install the OS from the disks, run the Apple updates, then
recover my data from Time Machine.

Mozy is only used in the event of a burglary, fire, earthquake (I live
right on the Hayward fault in the SF Bay Area), etc.

> > No. I tell it to back up all my music (40GB), documents folder (10GB)
> > and photos (80GB). You can choose sets they define (iTunes Music,
> > Movies, documents, Excel Spreadsheets, etc), or specify folders. I use
> > the latter mostly.
>
> My home folder would take care of all of these correct? Or am I
> misunderstanding something. (Wouldn't be the first time)

That would cover it, but would have a lot of stuff you probably don't
need. Take into account how long it takes to upload the data, and trim
to what you would want in the event of fire or theft. Do your 100%
backup locally, and rely on Mozy only as a secondary source.


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- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html
From: Burt Johnson on 4 May 2008 23:59
Greg Buchner <null(a)none.invalid> wrote:

> In article <1igeskf.mccoal15grx34N%burt(a)mindstorm-inc.com>,
> burt(a)mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
>
> > You Mozy account is good for one computer. You can only upload stuff
> > from disks attached to that computer.
>
> I take it this applies to a paid account as I have my really important
> data from two computers backed up to my free account.

You can have one free account per computer. Or one paid account per
computer.

I paid $100 to have 2 years of unlimited space for all disks attached to
my primary home computer. Note that I have 2.5 TB of disk on that
computer though, so at 2GB per day transfer, I am not likely going to
back up all my disks. Thus, I pick and choose and have roughly 135GB
that I upload from those disks.

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- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html
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