Re: My lunch with Microsoft

[Kari Eveli <lexitec@xxxxxxxx>]

Phil,

Your advice is solid. However, on a smaller scale (as a one-man company) 
I have managed to cover my needs for backup by buying a second hard disk 
for each machine. The cost is minimal compared to a NAS, and it has 
worked for me. In addition, it is a good idea to have backups that are 
not connected to the computer all the time. Back in the days of IBM AT, 
I had a 44 MB Bernoulli box, which was great at the time. Nowadays big 
external hard disks are much less expensive and a good fallback solution.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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> Yes. I used Acronis at the University for my whole IT department and 
> dev. server; It was great for quick backups and whole system images. 
> However, it needs to put the data /somewhere; /That's what the NAS is 
> for. But the NAS is capable of much more than that. Think of it as a 
> super-convenient in-house server that needs no supervision and 
> automatically snoozes when it's not needed.
> In the past, as consultant to a few small publishing companies, the NAS 
> I installed on their local networks was a godsend to their ability to 
> work together.
> As a (retired) consultant, this is something I can't recommend enough.
> This advice is free; you may take it for what it's worth.
>
> Phil White