<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 22 March 2013 18:26, Ernest Doub <<a href="mailto:hideserted@gmail.com">hideserted@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > You need a friend/family member for offsite storage. Do it on an exchange > basis, I'll store a shobox of drives for you and you store a box for me. > That way you are both protected from everything except an area wide > disaster. Certainly helps... but then again, drives that aren't used for a long time (& possibly not stored in ideal conditions) can fail unpredictably. Modern hard disks are alas too big to back up to tape. -- Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile" target="_blank">http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 </blockquote><div>Which is why as part of the arrangement you agree to a mutual schedule of drive rotations so that your offsite storage stays relatively current. Added benefit is that it reminds you to backup on a schedule. Ed On the Mojave </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>