| Wheatfield is right in there should be no single point of backup of data that you want to keep.
The trick is, of course, to find a way that isn't so complicated that you end up not doing it.
Personally, I've settled on a 3-prong approach:
a. near-instant automated backups over my wireless network using Crashplan
b. regular, periodic backups to a local USB drive with Time Machine (OS X)
c. scheduled, periodic backups (quarterly, annually) to DVD media
If I can convince my brother to let me, I'll also be able to slowly push data over to his multi-terabyte home setup across the ocean using Crashplan. If not, I'll be looking at possibly backing up data to "the cloud" from one of the many providers out there as well.
Hope that helps. |