The slides from my presentation at Ignite Fort Collins #16. Watch this talk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCahi8OAukQ

1. 17 Sep. 2012
2:40pm

2. “… WW II bomb …
backyard … store …
will call you back!”
— Mom

3. (ticking)

4. ½ h – 144 h

5. I00 %
all files backed up

6. 17 Sep. 2012
11:06pm

7. Boom.
Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.

8. Workshop (not anymore)
Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.

9. Computer (somewhere in there…)
Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.

10. All of my
personal files
to a reliable
storage device.
regularly
copied… …
Drag-n-Drop…

11. All of my
personal files
to a reliable
storage device.
(wedding pics
are missing)
(once in a
blue moon)
(old drive will
die in a week)
regularly
copied… …
Drag-n-Drop…

12. A Real Backup is an…
!
automatically managed set of
redundant copies of your
complete data stored in
off-site locations.

13. Manual Copying
automatic • redundant • complete • off-site
Let the software do the work

14. Single Copy
automatic • redundant • complete • off-site
Make multiple copies

15. Hand-Picked
automatic • redundant • complete • off-site
Back up everything

16. Single Location
automatic • redundant • complete • off-site
Home
$
Bank Office
Online
Home
Store data in off-site locations
&
&&

17. $$$ ?

18. Software:
$0
Hardware:
< $75 per 1 TB drive space
Cloud:
$120 / year for 10 PCs
Time:
1 hour for initial setup

19. Back.
Up.
Your
Stuff.

20. Back.
Up.
Your
Stuff.
(before it goes “boom”)