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The Vehicles:
* 600GB internal hard drive
* 750GB hard drive (yclept U-Haul) rescued from Old Gfefx, currently in an external enclosure connected by USB
* [Stuff I Might Buy.]
The Passengers:
* Day to day computering wossnames: OS X, general files and what not
* Perfect archive copies of all my CDs [not extant yet], so I can put the physical media in storage
* MP3s, of which there are Many
* Theoretical: ripped versions of all my DVDs, so I can store them too
* Probable: WinXP partition, because every now and again I do want to re-play Baldur's Gate II or KOTOR
* Backups of all the above
The question is, fundamentally, how to divide up the extant disk acreage in the most sensible, sustainable fashion? E.g., it seems to me that putting the CD archive on the same physical disk as the backup drive means that one is fucked gloriously if the drive eats itself. OTOH, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sweh pointed out, since I will still own the hard copies, it is merely a case of labor, not complete loss.
I could try and stuff all the data onto gfefx' internal hard drive, and just use U-Haul for backups; this should fit everything above easily, I think, unless I do the DVDs, in which case it will be not enough. And then, is connecting via USB solid and quick and reliable for backups? Not to mention that the iMac only has two USB ports, and I do have other USB things I need to plug in from time to time, and there will be more if I succumb to temptation and get an iPhone in the next month. (Yes, I could get a USB hub, but they really do not seem reliable; I have witnessed repeated cases of devices just not being recognized when plugged into one or another.) Firewire seems to be what in The Apple Way is intended for this, but this enclosure supports it not.
Oh, and then there's the question of larger-capacity portability; what if I need to move more data than fits on a flash drive? Should I look into one of those wee portable 75GB things? Do I actually have a need for one, and should I factor it into the architecture?
I still have to decide for sure in what fashion & format I will archive the CDs, but that is outside the scope of the current study; I think the options don't materially affect the above.
Suggestions are solicited, unless it's LOL Y U PLAY GAMEZ, in which case I will slap you with a wet fish.
* 600GB internal hard drive
* 750GB hard drive (yclept U-Haul) rescued from Old Gfefx, currently in an external enclosure connected by USB
* [Stuff I Might Buy.]
The Passengers:
* Day to day computering wossnames: OS X, general files and what not
* Perfect archive copies of all my CDs [not extant yet], so I can put the physical media in storage
* MP3s, of which there are Many
* Theoretical: ripped versions of all my DVDs, so I can store them too
* Probable: WinXP partition, because every now and again I do want to re-play Baldur's Gate II or KOTOR
* Backups of all the above
The question is, fundamentally, how to divide up the extant disk acreage in the most sensible, sustainable fashion? E.g., it seems to me that putting the CD archive on the same physical disk as the backup drive means that one is fucked gloriously if the drive eats itself. OTOH, as
sweh pointed out, since I will still own the hard copies, it is merely a case of labor, not complete loss.I could try and stuff all the data onto gfefx' internal hard drive, and just use U-Haul for backups; this should fit everything above easily, I think, unless I do the DVDs, in which case it will be not enough. And then, is connecting via USB solid and quick and reliable for backups? Not to mention that the iMac only has two USB ports, and I do have other USB things I need to plug in from time to time, and there will be more if I succumb to temptation and get an iPhone in the next month. (Yes, I could get a USB hub, but they really do not seem reliable; I have witnessed repeated cases of devices just not being recognized when plugged into one or another.) Firewire seems to be what in The Apple Way is intended for this, but this enclosure supports it not.
Oh, and then there's the question of larger-capacity portability; what if I need to move more data than fits on a flash drive? Should I look into one of those wee portable 75GB things? Do I actually have a need for one, and should I factor it into the architecture?
I still have to decide for sure in what fashion & format I will archive the CDs, but that is outside the scope of the current study; I think the options don't materially affect the above.
Suggestions are solicited, unless it's LOL Y U PLAY GAMEZ, in which case I will slap you with a wet fish.
