On Monday 27 Oct 2014 12:27:58 Philip Webb wrote:
> 141027 Mick wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 Oct 2014 23:25:50 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> >> With a caveat: if an ssd dies, it will die suddenly. Without a warning.
> > 
> > I haven't yet started using SSD and wonder what sort of a system
> > should I set up to guard against such instantaneous catastrophic
> > failures.
> 
> My desktop machine is now  2 yrs old  & has an SSD for immediate stuff ;
> it also has an HHD with  500 GB  available.
> Files I'm working on are backed daily to HHD & to USB stick ;
> once/week I use a script in Krusader to copy everything in ~ or /etc
> which has changed during that week onto HHD & USB
> & also to an off-site system I have I/net access to ;
> I also run a simple Bash script to rsync system files to an HHD copy.
> Every  9 mth  I do a full back-up of everything in ~ or /etc ,
> of which I keep at least  1  copy off-site & another on CD (in future DVD)
> for when the Earth's poles change & everything magnetic is wiped out
> (grin).
> 
>  2  belts +  3  braces : HTH.

I have never been that diligent with my back ups, unless we're talking about 
critical data which I will save in two separate systems/media from the start.  
Otherwise, I run a back up of the whole system every 3 months or so.

Perhaps with an SSD I will do this once a month.

-- 
Regards,
Mick