Poll: Where do you store your work-related data? Autor de la hebra: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Where do you store your work-related data?".
This poll was originally submitted by M. Laut. View the poll results »
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Mary Worby 
Reino Unido
Local time: 10:15
alemán al inglés
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On a server backed up to a NAS box.
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neilmac
España
Local time: 11:15
español al inglés
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Mainly on a small 16G USB pen drive. I also keep copies on one backup PC and 2 laptops just in case, but I backup the pen drive more frequently.
The cloud "solution" is not for me, although Dropbox has managed to inveigle itself onto at least 2 of my computers...
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| A combination | Jan 8, 2015 |
The computer, a backup drive, and sometimes a thumbstick.
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Thayenga
Alemania
Local time: 11:15
Miembro 2009
inglés al alemán
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| On an external hard drive | Jan 8, 2015 |
This was a good storing method until I needed a new hard drive for my computer, changing the OS from XP to Windows 8. And suddenly I am no longer "authorized" to access my stored data. Sigh.
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except for the cloud.
But I also keep physical binders with basic information.
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On my computer drive, and each day an automatic backup is made on a secure dedicated cloud system.
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Chris S wrote:
I send it to Wikileaks
this really made me laugh.
I keep it on my computer and do regular, nightly backups to an extra hdd, all automated and secure on Debian GNU/Linux systems.
I have too many NDAs and Confidentiality Agreements to trust any of it to a third party storage provider, and I don't trust them anyway.
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Mario Freitas
Brasil
Local time: 06:15
Miembro 2014
inglés al portugués
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| In my computer?? | Jan 8, 2015 |
I'm worried about those who answered "In my computer". I really hope none of us save all of our work only "in my computer" and nowhere else. Not having a backup of your work in a very safe place is a terrible mistake.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 05:15
inglés al español
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Doing backups to a USB stick is risky. Besides, I'm sure most of us have more than one USB stick lying around.
Backing up data to a NAS box or to an external hard drive seems the most sensible solution. So-called cloud storage firms come and go. What if Dropbox falls out of the sky and you can't access your precious data?
As my namesake Mario Freitas, I'm also surprised that people responded "computer" as the place to keep their backups. That does not make sense. By def... See more Doing backups to a USB stick is risky. Besides, I'm sure most of us have more than one USB stick lying around.
Backing up data to a NAS box or to an external hard drive seems the most sensible solution. So-called cloud storage firms come and go. What if Dropbox falls out of the sky and you can't access your precious data?
As my namesake Mario Freitas, I'm also surprised that people responded "computer" as the place to keep their backups. That does not make sense. By definition, a backup resides outside the computer.
I have a friend with the most convoluted backup strategy: every night she would back up her data to DVD discs. It didn't matter that I tried to reason with her that this method takes way too long at 4GB per DVD disc and that hard drives are sturdier and last longer than DVDs. She's smart but stubborn. ▲ Collapse
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Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 14:45
Miembro 2006
inglés al hindi
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I have recently started using the free 15 GB of cloud storage that comes with my hotmail account for backing up my TMs. This also helps when I am travelling, as I can access vital TMs from wherever I am without having to carry pen drives and external hard-drives.
[Edited at 2015-01-09 06:44 GMT]
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Berna Bleeke (X)
Local time: 11:15
inglés al neerlandés
| On my computer | Jan 9, 2015 |
With a backup on an external HD.
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