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- mhenders: Drobo gotcha: You can (and should) allow Drobo to format itself *larger* than the total disk cap you've installed. (Default 2, better 16GB)
- mhenders: @exposur3 4 500GB drives. The docs advise to only buy what you need *now*, given how fast drive prices drop.
- mhenders: @dspiers Will do. I plan to connect it to a server, and create 2 partitions: (1) a shared Time Machine, (2) shared general storage. Mac OSX
- mhenders: @markboulton And letting 10 years go by isn't a good idea either... "Marge, we've got a bleeder in here!"
- mhenders: @markboulton I just went for the first time in 10 years. :-( I also noticed they've stopped cleaning with a rubber bit and strawberry paste.
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Thanks for writing this. I am updating my backup strategy, and detailed info on how others back up is a big help.
I was burned by .Mac backup when my PowerBook drive failed recently. Every few days I was copying my entire drive via rsync to a volume attached to my Mini. Nightly .Mac backups took care of the files which change often. Unfortunately, Backup’s restore option would run for hours, showing no movement on the progress bar. Eventually it would crap out. With a mixture of the command line and Finder I found that I could manually extract key files, but the process was tedious.
So, I’m looking for a new option for incremental backups and archiving. Synchronize! Pro X and ChronoSync are the top contenders. Have you used ChronoSync more since you wrote this piece? If you have any insight into how the two apps compare, I would love to read it.
Thanks,
—mkb