i recently lost my harddrive, but was able to salvage a lot of important projects. however, i could just as easily lost those files too. a few simple cd-r backup would have saved me.funny enough, the day before the big crash i sent in a 4 track ep to my label, i probably would have been crying if that happened before i did that, lulz.

so, a friendly reminder to back-up your work, especially if you're using a single hard-drive (even raids fail...), could save some precious patches, project files and heartaches. maybe someone else can recommend some net storages or some experiences.

That's good advice.

I have a backup drive connected directly to my Mac, that I back up my projects to. I keep the drive turned off 99% of the time, only turning it on when i perform a backup. Then I also backup to a server with a 4 disk RAID array on top of the other backup.

Its always a good idea to backup to multiple places if you can. I'm fixing to pick up a DLT tape drive as a 3rd layer of backup, just to be extra safe.

I have a 1TB dedicated backup drive set to automatically backup every week and I manually back up as necessary (e.g., when make substantial progress on, or completing, a project file). This is fine for protecting against HD failure, but won't protect my files against fire, theft, etc., so I am also interested in net-based storage options.

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For every drive, I have a back up drive. So 4 X 1.5gb X 2 and I do a weekly backup.
Drives will fail so assume you can afford to lose anything that isn't backed up.

Yeah when I had to reformat my computer I could have lost literally every trace of anything I've done involving music in the last 3 years, not counting the songs I've uploaded. I got extremely lucky but now I keep everything backed up. It's definitely better to have that security beforehand instead of assuming you don't need to.

Yeah, in 2005 i lost every arrangement i had done since 1997 and that hurt, but it caused the whole sinnica hax guise, to look forward torwards new challenges instead

..but it still hurt for a few days.

So I do backup on a regular basis to my webhost now!

i find DVD backups to be more "safe" somehow. i do it often, except for all my mp3s which are on a external only now, maybe i should back up that one. but actually i dont have anything worth saving except some party pictures from back in the day.

dvds have a life expectancy of 5 years. Not very safe. Tape is probably safest, then solid state hardrives, then probably real hardrives. You just have to have a certain level of redundancy and you will be fine. No solution is 100%. Its like having sex with a thai hooker. Protection minimizes the chance of getting the itch but there is always the chance you rub somewhere that isn't covered. I learnt this the hard way and was pretty angry but alas it is hard to stay angry at a kid.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad Its like having sex with a thai hooker. Protection minimizes the chance of getting the itch but there is always the chance you rub somewhere that isn't covered. I learnt this the hard way and was pretty angry but alas it is hard to stay angry at a kid.

*shyly raises his hand* Not a hooker though, ha ha ha!!

ya see I was joking you gangrenous perv

Yeah but I was not

so you fuck kids ?