Comments on: back to cable http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/back-to-cable/ Thu, 24 May 2012 20:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/back-to-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-120340 David Carlton Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:48:08 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1899#comment-120340 @John: Yeah, though of course offsite fits in a different niche than onsite backup: less convenient, but also less vulnerable to losing everything in a house fire. And a lot more expensive, though I imagine that prices will go down - e.g. JungleDisk charges $900/year for the half terabyte of storage that's in my Time Capsule. (And Comcast would probably have a bit of a fit if I tried to save/restore that much over the network.) @Paul: I have been underwhelmed by certain aspects of the PS3, but all in all I'm happy with it, and we're certainly keeping it. @John: Yeah, though of course offsite fits in a different niche than onsite backup: less convenient, but also less vulnerable to losing everything in a house fire. And a lot more expensive, though I imagine that prices will go down – e.g. JungleDisk charges $900/year for the half terabyte of storage that’s in my Time Capsule. (And Comcast would probably have a bit of a fit if I tried to save/restore that much over the network.)

@Paul: I have been underwhelmed by certain aspects of the PS3, but all in all I’m happy with it, and we’re certainly keeping it.

]]> By: Paul http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/back-to-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-120339 Paul Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:10:24 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1899#comment-120339 The entire post I was waiting for the blame to lay a the feet of Sony. That's just what I'm use to, apparently. The entire post I was waiting for the blame to lay a the feet of Sony. That’s just what I’m use to, apparently.

]]> By: John Cowan http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/back-to-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-120336 John Cowan Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:33:01 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1899#comment-120336 /me mentions JungleDisk.com; backup via Amazon S3 is offsite, triply redundant, ridiculously cheap. /me mentions JungleDisk.com; backup via Amazon S3 is offsite, triply redundant, ridiculously cheap.

]]> By: David Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/back-to-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-120335 David Carlton Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:15:05 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1899#comment-120335 I'd need an AirPort Extreme for my main station, not an express. (Assuming I went with Apple products.) The Extreme costs $179, the 500GB Time Capsule costs $299; that's too much for a 500GB drive, but not enough for me to really worry, given the convenience factor. (The 1TB Time Capsule costs $499, which is ridiculous.) I also seem to recall working that Time Machine won't work with a regular USB drive mounted over a wireless network, but I could be wrong about that. I’d need an AirPort Extreme for my main station, not an express. (Assuming I went with Apple products.) The Extreme costs $179, the 500GB Time Capsule costs $299; that’s too much for a 500GB drive, but not enough for me to really worry, given the convenience factor. (The 1TB Time Capsule costs $499, which is ridiculous.)

I also seem to recall working that Time Machine won’t work with a regular USB drive mounted over a wireless network, but I could be wrong about that.

]]> By: Brian Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/back-to-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-120334 Brian Carlton Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:09:27 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1899#comment-120334 Is Time Capsule really cost-effective compared to a good external HD and an Air Port Express? Is Time Capsule really cost-effective compared to a good external HD and an Air Port Express?

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