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I also back up to two different large ext HD's. My tunes library at the moment is a bit over 200 GB, not including some Amazon and HDTracks files. Pictures and Word files all together, I have a bit more than 500 GB. The drives are WD 2.0 TB. I use usb 3.0, and it is dramatically faster than usb 2. Would you consider putting a 3.0 board in your PC? On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 16/04/2013, Tom Fine wrote: > > > Is anyone using any of the USB-attached RAID backup systems? If so, > > can you share your recommendations and experienced. Connection would > > be to a PC that has two external USB2 drives as the main storage. I'd > > like to have some WindowsXP-compatible software that is crash-proof, > > doesn't hog resources and runs in the background, using idle times to > > keep things backed up to the attached RAID array. I've seen 2-HD and > > 4-HD enclosures, and I'm curious which kind other folks are using? I > > can't afford nor do I have the expertise to deal with one of the fancy > > NAS systems (plus, it would take forever to back up my studio drives > > over Ethernet, the backup needs to be via USB). > > > I avoid RAID because if the control card fails, you lose everything on > the drives. > > > Input much appreciated. Up to now, I've been manually backing up to a > > third, bigger USB drive. There's got to be a better way that won't > > take down Windows or be unreliable. > > > I think if you have mainly large files, this is a good simple method for > now. I use Windows Commander (now Total Commander) for copying files > > I am waiting with interest the Millenniata Blu-Ray discs, but I expect > they will be expensive. > > One approach for audio files would be to record them as analog on > reel-to-reel tape. But I don't think any medium that can be erased is > really archival. > > > > BTW, for what it's worth, I signed up for Carbonite for my office PC > > last year. So far, 9 months into it, it's only got the PC and external > > hard drive 30% backed up! So, not a practical solution if you have a > > lot of data to backup! I don't run the PC 24-7, but I do leave it on > > overnight most nights. To Carbonite's credit, the software prioritized > > My Documents and the key system-identification files and those got > > backed up first. But stuff like my iTunes library, my extensive > > audio-documentaton library, my HDTracks downloads, it'll take > > literally years. Not practical! > > > > Regards > -- > Don Cox > [log in to unmask] > -- Frank B Strauss, DMD