Brian Dusablon » data http://www.briandusablon.com This is me. Simple. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:59:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 More on Backups http://www.briandusablon.com/2011/06/30/more-on-backups/ http://www.briandusablon.com/2011/06/30/more-on-backups/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:20:07 +0000 Brian http://www.briandusablon.com/?p=4582 A few weeks ago I posted about backing up your data. I still owe you my profiles and suggested backup plans. I also had planned a detailed review of offsite backup options, but Shawn Blanc beat me to it, and his is much more comprehensive and well written. He doesn’t cover all the available services, but hits on three of the best, Backblaze, CrashPlan and Arq.

Off-Site Backups

Over the holiday weekend I plan to start the series of backup profiles. Most of you will fall under the first — the family geek. I’ve got a great way for you to secure your own data, as well as your family members, wherever they may live.

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  • Favicon resources
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  • The American List – AWESOME. This is now my first point of reference before I do any shopping.
  • The Truth About Bottled Water – Hilarious, and very valid.
  • Caroline Collective – coworking spot in Houston – free for drop-in “digital drifters” – sweet!
  • Data Rot (Pogue) – very interesting article – Amazon S3 and the cloud is my current answer.
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  • To Write a Book About Scorm – Aaron decides he’s not busy enough.
    • ]]>     http://www.briandusablon.com/2009/03/27/this-week-in-browsing-7/feed/ 0     To Drobo, or Not to Drobo http://www.briandusablon.com/2008/11/03/to-drobo-or-not-to-drobo/ http://www.briandusablon.com/2008/11/03/to-drobo-or-not-to-drobo/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:58:56 +0000 Brian http://www.briandusablon.com/2008/11/03/to-drobo-or-not-to-drobo/ I did this with the iPhone, and it worked pretty well. So here goes:

    I am looking to consolidate my data and clean up my backup and organization setup.

    Right now, I’ve got data on 4 external drives, one is Time Machine,
    but I have redundant data on all of them, including music and photos.

    I want everything in one place, with some confidence in stability.
    Hence my desire for a Drobo. While expensive, having a simple RAID
    setup like this is very intriguing for my music, photos, and to backup
    my business data (websites, graphics, etc).

    So, if you have one, or know someone who has one, give me a satisfaction rating (1-5 stars)…

    I figure I can fund the Drobo by selling the external drives, and then invest in 2-3 1TB SATA drives.

    Talk me into it, or out of it.

    Crowdsourcing at it’s finest.

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