Comments on: Hands On with the Seagate Replica http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-07/hands-on-with-the-seagate-replica/ All your digital media goodness. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-07/hands-on-with-the-seagate-replica/comment-page-1/#comment-88681 Dave Zatz Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:53:09 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=10439#comment-88681 I've verified all her data has been duplicated onto the drive and is accessible. What I haven't verified is restore imaging option/process. Worse case scenario: data is safe, but many hours rebuilding. We can live with that risk. Not to mention, this is a review item. I need to figure out if I can wipe it without destroying the backup function. But I'm fairly certain I'll buy us one (the $99 edition) when this goes back or is given away after we're moved. My original hope had been to use a HP MediaSmart server for backing up multiple OSes and multiple computers on the network, but that failed due to some <a href="http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-04/hp-mediasmart-server-time-machine-fine-print/" rel="nofollow">misleading marketing from HP</a>. Fortunately, I'm anal and therefore redundant in protecting my stuff. I’ve verified all her data has been duplicated onto the drive and is accessible. What I haven’t verified is restore imaging option/process. Worse case scenario: data is safe, but many hours rebuilding. We can live with that risk.

Not to mention, this is a review item. I need to figure out if I can wipe it without destroying the backup function. But I’m fairly certain I’ll buy us one (the $99 edition) when this goes back or is given away after we’re moved.

My original hope had been to use a HP MediaSmart server for backing up multiple OSes and multiple computers on the network, but that failed due to some misleading marketing from HP.

Fortunately, I’m anal and therefore redundant in protecting my stuff.

]]> By: Zandr http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-07/hands-on-with-the-seagate-replica/comment-page-1/#comment-88675 Zandr Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:20:06 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=10439#comment-88675 Unless you test restore, all you've done is waste time and money. I had a Maxtor (a Seagate brand) One Touch Turbo configured as RAID-1. One of the drives failed, and instead of indicating the failure and allowing me access to my data (which would be the point of RAID-1), the whole device dropped off the bus. Basically, I had to choose between my data and the warranty. I chose my data. Unless you test restore, all you’ve done is waste time and money.

I had a Maxtor (a Seagate brand) One Touch Turbo configured as RAID-1. One of the drives failed, and instead of indicating the failure and allowing me access to my data (which would be the point of RAID-1), the whole device dropped off the bus.

Basically, I had to choose between my data and the warranty. I chose my data.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-07/hands-on-with-the-seagate-replica/comment-page-1/#comment-88639 Dave Zatz Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:05:28 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=10439#comment-88639 When's all said and done (migrating her iTunes collection), Melissa probably will have about 80GB of data. We could back it up to the cloud (and I used to use Mozy and then SugarSync), but with bandwidth caps and the ability to do a full system restore locally this is a preferable solution for many. When’s all said and done (migrating her iTunes collection), Melissa probably will have about 80GB of data. We could back it up to the cloud (and I used to use Mozy and then SugarSync), but with bandwidth caps and the ability to do a full system restore locally this is a preferable solution for many.

]]> By: Todd http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-07/hands-on-with-the-seagate-replica/comment-page-1/#comment-88638 Todd Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:35:30 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=10439#comment-88638 It'd be about three bucks to back up the same amount of data using Amazon's S3. FYI. It’d be about three bucks to back up the same amount of data using Amazon’s S3. FYI.

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