[ltp] Re: Q: HD active protection sys for Linux???

[Eben King]

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, morpheus wrote:

> > > APS system could help a lot ( I don't care about replace HD, but I DO
> > > CARE ABOUT MY DATA!!!!! )
> > 
> > Back up, maybe to DVD? ~$1.25/4.2 GiB = ~$0.30/GiB .
> Or install a redundant hard drive...CompUSA had a sale on 200GB 7200 RPM
> ATA hard drives for $89 this week, I bought four!  So that's:
> 
> 200/$89 = .45/GB and much faster and easier to manage than DVDs...Only
> have a laptop?  You can get firewire/USB enclosures for $29.
> 
> I find that backups are easier (and that means I'll actually do them)
> from HDD to HDD.

I have an identical (to hda) drive in my desktop, and every night I make
an image copy onto it (cron job).  Gets partitions, deleted files (not
that I know what to do with those), boot block, everything.  Saved my
bacon a few times.

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