Backup solutions Options

[cmac]

We've discussed it before, but what are you backup solutions?

I've never backed up and I've been lucky, but I keep hearing horror stories about losing years worth of stuff and frankly I'm becoming paranoid.

To me there's a difference between backup and archive. I'm looking for both solutions.

Backup, to me, is what can keep my current digital data from being lost by a mechanical failure and/or user error.

Archive is the long-term backup. The 'keep this safe in case I need it in 5 years' kind of thing.

I think I would prefer a local solution, as paying someone to store my files monthly seems kind of odd to me, though I guess I already basically pay flickr to store my archives of photos.

Any opinions on Drobo?

[impala454]

Just FYI to those that care, I wrote a command line backup app, located here. Just type the command to see the usage. If you have any questions/problems/requests let me know. I will probably make something more in depth later, but it's pretty nice as is, just set up a scheduled task or manually run it whenever you want to back up. It only copies files that have changed or do not exist in the backup dir. It also automatically copies the directory structure. You will need the .NET runtimes installed. If someone wants the code just let me know and I'll paste it up.