# Data Backups at home **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568 "2010-11-04T08:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/1 "2010-11-04T08:10:07Z")
What are you nerds doing to for backing up data at home? As far as I know, there are a few options: 1 - External Hard Drive/Flash Drive 2 - DVDs 3 - RAID Storage array 4 - Manually sync files to another PC on the network 5 - Cloud service like Dropbox I really want to start thinking about a plan for this even though I want to avoid buying any hardware (stupid wedding saving). Anyway, I don’t really feel as though I need to save all of my large video files. I would want my music, documents, photos, ebooks backed up though. Let’s say, anywhere from 100-200GB. What’s the best solution? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/2 "2010-11-04T08:14:52Z")
I have some cheap no name NAS with mirrored 1TB drives. I didn’t want to do RAID5 or anything weird just incase the RAID controller died and I would have to recover data off the drives. I will probably upgrade to something else soon… Newegg has a bunch just look for a price point. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/3 "2010-11-04T08:17:14Z")
I also have a 1TB NAS drive. I didn’t mirror it, I just keep important or larger files on it so I can access them from anywhere. Works great as a media drive as well. All I do is hook my laptop to which ever TV I feel like watching a movie on, and I can access the files through the network. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/4 "2010-11-04T08:20:07Z")
1TB USB HD that i got for $79 on slickdeals. Downloaded Ghost off torrents and set it to take a full PC image every Monday night at 4AM. EDIT: I know you’re not trying to spend any money on hardware, but this would really solve your problem and then some. [http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=280279&t=2345305](http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=280279&t=2345305) They also have a 2TB for $81. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/5 "2010-11-04T08:53:45Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I have some cheap no name NAS with mirrored 1TB drives. I didn’t want to do RAID5 or anything weird just incase the RAID controller died and I would have to recover data off the drives. > > I will probably upgrade to something else soon… > > Newegg has a bunch just look for a price point. So it’s mirrored, but not a RAID 1? I wonder if I can do something similar on spare machine with some old hard drives. Old hard drives probably aren’t a good idea for backups though. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/6 "2010-11-04T09:17:52Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > So it’s mirrored, but not a RAID 1? > > I wonder if I can do something similar on spare machine with some old hard drives. Old hard drives probably aren’t a good idea for backups though. Typically once a HDD is used it’s “no longer useful”. I’m hoping to also to a RAID NAS setup for my music. I really don’t want to Download obtain 600+ gigs of music again. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/7 "2010-11-04T09:20:52Z")
600 gigs of music? If you push play on that and come back in a year is it done yet? ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/8 "2010-11-04T09:26:51Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > 600 gigs of music? If you push play on that and come back in a year is it done yet? LOL I can let you know when I get home how long it goes. The only thing on this drive is folders and music…I’d gladly create “offsite” backups to anyone with a large enough HDD. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Thorguitarist/0b6bc32e.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/5/25c1202be9c54462c20b6990570b8c68477272a7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/9 "2010-11-04T10:07:18Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > So it’s mirrored, but not a RAID 1? > > I wonder if I can do something similar on spare machine with some old hard drives. Old hard drives probably aren’t a good idea for backups though. No its in a RAID 1… What I meant is some of the bigger home NAS devices can do RAID 5 but if the box shits the bed you can just pull an HD out and get the data off as easily as a mirrored setup. Just take an old machines buy a cheap raid car $20 and 2 1TB HDs or however much space you need…If you want to build the whole thing end to end buy a intel atom machine. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/10 "2010-11-04T10:16:29Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > No its in a RAID 1… > > What I meant is some of the bigger home NAS devices can do RAID 5 but if the box shits the bed you can just pull an HD out and get the data off as easily as a mirrored setup. > > Just take an old machines buy a cheap raid car $20 and 2 1TB HDs or however much space you need…If you want to build the whole thing end to end buy a intel atom machine. Gotcha, I just wasn’t sure what you meant by that. I confuse easily. I have a box I could put the drives in and mount. Can’t I just be cheap and do a software RAID partition in linux? I’ve never worked with this crap so I don’t know the details of how the software handles it. ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/11 "2010-11-04T10:30:52Z")
I have an external HDD that I do backups to, then i store it in a closet. I also use Gilware remote backup. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/12 "2010-11-04T10:40:45Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Gotcha, I just wasn’t sure what you meant by that. I confuse easily. > > I have a box I could put the drives in and mount. Can’t I just be cheap and do a software RAID partition in linux? I’ve never worked with this crap so I don’t know the details of how the software handles it. You could do software RAID but PCI RAID cars are super cheap…hell most after market mother boards do RAID now. > **[$10 - $25 Controllers / RAID Cards | Newegg.com](https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?Submit=ENE&N=100007607%204093&IsNodeId=1&name=%2410%20-%20%2425)** > > Shop $10 - $25 Controllers / RAID Cards on Newegg.com. Watch for amazing deals and get great pricing. I am against backups in “the cloud” don’t like anyone else storing data makes them a big target even if its encrypted with their own proprietary technique or other bs. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/13 "2010-11-04T11:28:11Z")
100-200 gb I’d go the online backup route, assuming you have a decent upstream connection. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/14 "2010-11-04T11:37:32Z")
I have a 1GB upstream…I just don’t know that I want to take the risk of trusting another company with my data, plus the music is all pirated. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/15 "2010-11-04T11:44:56Z")
You have 1Gb upstream at home? wat ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/16 "2010-11-04T11:46:31Z")
my bad…that would be AWESOME, 1Mb…oh yeah, bit not byte…I’m all sorts of messed today ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/17 "2010-11-04T11:47:04Z")
I thought you had some new hotness I didn’t know about lol All those remote back up software packages work off differentials anyways so if your data isn’t constantly making huge changes 1Mb wouldn’t be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/18 "2010-11-04T11:48:03Z")
i’m too cheap for new hotness lol ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/19 "2010-11-04T11:48:25Z")
lol i think he meant mb edit nvmd i need to set up a network so i can save all of my important files off of my desktop, move them to my laptop, burn some dvdr’s, and then wipe the desktop clean. ubuntu is cool, but i miss itunes ☹ ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568/20 "2010-11-04T11:53:42Z")
yeah, first time upload would suck but letting it run overnight a few times would be fine…Maybe I can just create some password protected archives for the pirated crap. Then just store those out there. hmmmm, then syncing won’t work cause the zips would be completely different…hmmmmm ---------- Post added at 02:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 PM ---------- > [@Jam](#): > > lol i think he meant mb > > edit nvmd > > i need to set up a network so i can save all of my important files off of my desktop, move them to my laptop, burn some dvdr’s, and then wipe the desktop clean. ubuntu is cool, but i miss itunes ☹ you’re already on a network…silly [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-backups-at-home/205568.md?page=2)