Poll: What’s your local back-up solution like?

Before I used to backup everything and anything (kahit hindi naman important) using DVDs. But now I use my external HD/USB sticks for backups. For me its more convenient especially now since marami na netbooks & they only have USB ports available. And pinipili ko na lang din ngayon ang kelangan ibackup :)

External HDD for all my files and movies.
DVD’s for my TV series. :)

Personal Files:
DVDs / External HDDs stored in Home Fire Proof Vault.

Business Related Files:
Redundant NAS with HAST and CARP + Automated weekly backups on multiple encrypted External HDDs for critical files and stored offsite.

(Bank’s safety deposit box and 2 other secure locations.)

external hdd for tv-ripps, dvd when the bd ripps arrive

for personal files = ext hdd then after 1 year I back it up into dvds

DVD
Windows Live
External HDD

before i use DVD now im using External HDD’s

All files are backed up on my external hdd and backed up again on my nasdrive, pero mga important na work related files are on commercial cloud storage like dropbox para anytime e accessible

If you can, follow the Library of Congress’s 3-2-1 Rule:

Keep THREE Copies
Keep in TWO Storage Formats
Never Keep in ONE Location

Also take note of files that need proprietary software/decoders. For instance, make a lossless copy of your camera’s RAW files in a more “open” format like TIFF or DNG. For local back-ups, I personally store my back-ups on HDD and DVDs, and in the near future, NAS.

HDD

I only use USB. DVD is already obsolete.

For downloaded stuff, straight to an external HDD until they get burned onto DVDs. They’re grouped according to category, so movies in a single binder, TV series in another, music, audiobooks, etc.

For personal data, external HDD whenever I feel like it, but with twice-yearly snapshots onto optical media (DVDs these days).

Some important stuff (super-personal stuff) on loose flash media I have stashed all-over my room. (i.e. great way to use old SD/CF cards, etc.)

On a buffalo nas then weekly copied to a bitlocked external drive going to another location…

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For work:
Terabyte drives one each for daily, weekly and full monty err.. monthly!

For personal:
USB flash drive, dropbox, home server, I also save some of my files on our corporate linux fileserver just in case.

For offsite backup, burn pictures of your family vacations and other important events on a CD/DVD and send it to your parents or grandparents! That’s simple offsite backup in the cheap!

We do use

Optical Disk Drives
External HDD
NAS

DVDs and online through live sync

Floppy disks! Coz I’m so 90’s!!

Personally I use External HDDs, though as an enterprise solution, I prefer NAS. Moving files to the cloud is also a solution though I believe it’s not yet that practical.

DVD
External Drives
and
ADrive.com for my work backup

optical disks… i don’t trust hdds since they MIGHT get rusted and not run after 30 or so years :D

had 1 laptop failure recently and 1 hard drive crash, good thing everything is backed up either on Time Machine on another HD and important files in Jungle Disk (Cloud)

Tried backing up all the pictures/movies in the Cloud but it became too expensive.

I keep a backup of my personal photos, videos and documents on a 16Gb SD card. I use an SD card because it is portable and it has that lock slider on the side. Back then I used to just keep them on the hard drive of my computer, but then, if somehow the computer hdd failed (due to viruses or extreme weather) my files would be lost. I have photos dating back to when I was in second year college.

External HDDs ^^

I got this 160gb for around 5 years as of now. Then there’s a bunch of 1TB, 1.5TB for my movies, videos, pictures, documents, and other personal stuff.

I’m planning to get a NAS or a 3TB HDD once I have a budget for it.