shawn wrote:
On 26 Dec 2012 11:02:54 GMT, Arno wrote:
Off-site backup is not a luxury, it is a requirement for any
reasonable backup strategy. What happened to your wife is just one
of the reasons.


But it isn't going to happen for general home users. What might make
more sense for them is to have one of those safes that you can mount
to the floor. Put it in an out of the way place where someone who
breaks in isn't likely to see it. Then you can put a HD or thumb drive
in the safe and be somewhat safe. Sure, those safes aren't going to
stop a determined thief but this sounds like a theft of oppotunity and
someone like that isn't going to take time to look for a safe unless
they know it is there.

It is not that hard. If you have a locker or other lockable container
somwehere (gym, club, work), that is already enough. Just get 2-3 cheap
USB HDDs and rotate them.

Arno