| gabriel rosenkoetter on 15 Nov 2007 06:44:43 -0000 |
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At 2007-11-14 15:32 -0500, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote: > From the blurb it seems like these use 2.5" USB powered drives with > only 160G. But interesting. Mine is not water-proof... > http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ces-preview-2008/sentrysafe-fireproof-waterproof-usb-hdd-housings-save-your-data-not-you-from-armageddon-322405.php > http://www.sentrysafe.com/index.aspx Three things occur to me: 1. If you're the sort of person who actually cares this much about your data, you're probably already doing backups in some removable way, and you could spend a lot less money and time redesigning your backup strategy if you just bought a fire-resistant (this is NOT -proof, see below) and air-tight safe. 2. These survive a fire for 30 minutes? Really? Congratualtions, so would my *stove*. That's a nice warm-n-fuzzy, but if the building burns to the ground, this gets good and fried too. And what happens when the building caves in and the safe with formerly spinning disks (with heads that will crash promptly when it) falls three stories? I'll stick with a firesafe in the basement with a longer exposure period guarantee and plain ol' tape media, thanks. 3. "From Armageddon"? Really, c'mon. If that's the context, I'm pretty sure I don't give a damn about backups of my home directories. I kid, a bit, but before buying a product like this one should actually do a threat analysis. I'm sure you could buy tornado insurance in the Philly area if you fought hard enough to do so, but is it actually reasonable to do so? -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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