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Old 08-18-2010, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MTI View Post
How much data?



Why not both? In reality, backing up to a physical drive at home, such as a USB thumb, external HD such as the Seagate or WD systems means that you have to be at home to do the backup or restore. Having the backup in a data farm / "cloud" may be more convenient. Gee, I thought you were an IT guy . . .
I am an IT guy, one who doesn't like recurring monthly fees and trusting another company/location with my data. I can back up my stuff via VPN or FTP to my systems, so I don't need to be home. Or I just work via RDP anyways.

And a portable hard drive can go with you, they are pretty small.
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