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Putting a hard drive underground?
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I have a Time Capsule at home backing up my Mini but I also have an external that I take home about once every two weeks and let it back up my Mini as well. I keep the external at my office in my locked desk. I agree with the safe box if you have absolutely vital secretive information. Otherwise, just buy an external and keep it at a relative's house or something. Putting a hard drive underground is just asking for trouble.
I have a safe, but the idea was to keep the HD out of the house and hidden in the event of a fire/break in. I recently had a co-worker who had their home broken into and had their computer stolen.
It all seems unnecessary until you actually need it. Like my backup UPS. Never 'used' it till I was doing a transfer from my internal HD to and external one. Then the power went out. Backup UPS saved my behind!
See, this is something I've been considering for a few months now. I'm thinking about traipsing a LAN and power cable from my router to a drive kept buried in the garden. Or possibly in the garage (detached from the house). I'd use it to keep a mirror of my main computers hard drives, just incase there is a fire or my any of my computers are stolen.
And when I say I've considered this, I've only been looking up long cables to do this with. Haven't even considered weather effects, condensation etc.
I might set this up soon with a test drive just to see if it works.
And when I say I've considered this, I've only been looking up long cables to do this with. Haven't even considered weather effects, condensation etc.
I might set this up soon with a test drive just to see if it works.
Will this be wireless, or will you have to consider line loss in your calculations?
IMO, a more logical approach to off-site backup would be to rent a safe deposit box at a local bank, store the hard drive there, and take it out to back up your data to it at an interval of your choice (once a month, once every two months, etc.)
That has been going on for decades, back to big tape reels.
I see this as an attempt to move Time Machine to a location close enough to be effective, but far enough to be safe from any conceived harm.
Possibly wireless, but then there are more parts to fault. I've got a long LAN cable I've been using for years that hasn't let me down (with line loss), might just use that.
This. Just be sure to bolt it to the floor so a thief can't just pick it up and walk away. Bonus: store your passport and other sensitive documents in it too!
Honestly, a good fire safe is something every home should have...
If you look at the cheaper 30-minute-rating models, you will find that they have water "cells" in the walls, to dispense heat via evaporation.
This moisture might have a negative impact on the contents.
I didn't actually know that - that's interesting.
Hence the importance of getting a good fire safe.
I think you should try this, I for one am interested to hear the results.
Put something that you don't mind damaging in the case to test the theory. I've seen pelican cases dropped, driven over and submerged. Lets see what happens when you put one underground.
This, gotta test it first with something thats not real important
Dwight Shrute is that you?
He wouldn't leave a trail on the Internet about this...