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  1. Aenea

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    Here's the thing, I need to back up all our computers. I don't want apple to own my shit so who should I back up with?
     
  2. Tuckerfan

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  3. Robotech Master

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    How much memory are we talking about here?
     
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  4. Marso

    Marso High speed, low drag.

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    Thumb drives, sweetie.
     
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    Tex Forge or die. Administrator Formerly Important

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    F that, any decent networked hardrive will do the job better and can be set to do it automatically. Pick up something that has about 2TB of space and I imagine that will cover your needs for a while unless y'all are pirating a bunch of movies or Flow is keeping uncompressed HD versions of every OSU game for detailed future analysis. The hard drive should come with instructions on how to set automatic backups of the computers on your network overnight.
     
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  6. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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    You don't back up memory.
     
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    Is the usage wrong?

    You back up data on external memory...

    :unsure:
     
  8. Aenea

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    I already have over 32 gigs of pics alone. And that is through feb 2011. I have an 18 month old, I have a lot more now. Plus videos. Then business and school. And that's just me, that does not include flow.

    Will take a look at the info. Thanks guys.
     
  9. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    All you need is one of these, and however many of these it will take to store all your info. :techman:
     
  10. Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee

    Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee Straight Awesome

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    Ctera makes a great "cloud plug" that gives you local and cloud backup.