AKICILJ: Backup solutions
Sep. 30th, 2009 01:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kjnI've been active as a freelance translator for close to a year now, and it's way overdue to think about backup and archiving.
What I have is:
1 basic PC with Windows Vista SP1 Business
1 MacBook with Mac OS X 10.5 (due for upgrade to 10.6)
Both are networked in the office, using an (for practical purposes) unsecured network. Occasionally, I work with restricted stuff for paranoid customers, and creating my own little physical subnet will probably be frowned upon. Right now I mostly use a memory stick to move files between the computers (it's easier and more secure than opening up file sharing).
Other than some basic security, I want it to be as hassle-free and simple as possible. A single solution for both computers would be a big plus. The data volume is modest - 500 GB would probably last me for a year, 1 TB for the foreseeable future. Low noise levels is very desirable.
The main questions are:
Are the built-in backup tools up to snuff? (The reports about Time Machine I've read are favourable, but I don't know about the Windows side.)
What hardware can be recommended?
What I have is:
1 basic PC with Windows Vista SP1 Business
1 MacBook with Mac OS X 10.5 (due for upgrade to 10.6)
Both are networked in the office, using an (for practical purposes) unsecured network. Occasionally, I work with restricted stuff for paranoid customers, and creating my own little physical subnet will probably be frowned upon. Right now I mostly use a memory stick to move files between the computers (it's easier and more secure than opening up file sharing).
Other than some basic security, I want it to be as hassle-free and simple as possible. A single solution for both computers would be a big plus. The data volume is modest - 500 GB would probably last me for a year, 1 TB for the foreseeable future. Low noise levels is very desirable.
The main questions are:
Are the built-in backup tools up to snuff? (The reports about Time Machine I've read are favourable, but I don't know about the Windows side.)
What hardware can be recommended?
