Guest Removed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 looking for data storage devices. my new invoicing system is almost ready to go, and need some way to back up all the files. lmk what you have, or if you have a better alternative . thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 looking for data storage devices. my new invoicing system is almost ready to go, and need some way to back up all the files. lmk what you have, or if you have a better alternative . thanks Why in God's green earth would you use zip disks to backup your files? CD/DVD would be a MUCH better choice. Just remember there are laws about storage of the data if it contains any personal information or financial information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I think it might be better to make backups on external drives, or even online places like https://mozy.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrmnhrm Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Second-ing the "Use CD or DVD!!" comment. If you really really really want 100MB ZIP drives, Computer Express on Bethel, next to Microcenter, has a metric crapton of them. But really, a single CD has 7x the storange, DVD4 about 46x, and then there's USB flash drives and external hard drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Zip disks are cool if you are from 1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I think it might be better to make backups on external drives, or even online places like https://mozy.com/ Putting business financials in the cloud is a horrible idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Actually you were a REAL baller if you had a Iomega Jaz drive: http://www.recycledgoods.com/zoom_s_p_13837_1.jpg.ashx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 triple because paul saves all his gay porn to zip disks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Putting business financials in the cloud is a horrible idea. I think he will be ok. Plenty of business use it: https://mozy.com/pro/reviews/ http://www.cloudslamevent.com/backing-cloud The best thing about using cloud is that if there was a fire, flood or robbery, you still have everything. Using places like carbonite.com or mozy will encrypt it, which I am sure if Rob is going to throw it on a CD, he will not. Carbonite also uses RAID 6, so they can have multiple disk failures and Rob's data will still be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'm pretty sure that I have an internal and external as well as a couple of disks. I'll check tonight when I get home from work. If you still decide to use a Zip drive you can have them. They were working when I took them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 damnit rob, we just threw out 2-3 of them at work last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I think he will be ok. Plenty of business use it: https://mozy.com/pro/reviews/ http://www.cloudslamevent.com/backing-cloud The best thing about using cloud is that if there was a fire, flood or robbery, you still have everything. Using places like carbonite.com or mozy will encrypt it, which I am sure if Rob is going to throw it on a CD, he will not. Carbonite also uses RAID 6, so they can have multiple disk failures and Rob's data will still be safe. Cloud services cannot offer PCI level 1 compliance, thus if he stores financial information in the cloud and the credit card companies find out, they'll pull his ability to accept credit cards. Just saying. Don't store business financials in the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 most of the auto shops i have been in used zip drives(the smaller shops anyway) and still kept files full of old papers(which i plan on doing anyway) to back up files. but this is why i asked here. im all about doing this a better way. the easier the better for me. i dont like the cd,dvd drive idea. the external hard drive is what i had in mind(just didnt know the name) so i called it a zip drive (yeah, i have no idea what im talking about anyway) i see the external drives all the time up for sale. the main reason for it is to save warranty info, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Cloud services cannot offer PCI level 1 compliance, thus if he stores financial information in the cloud and the credit card companies find out, they'll pull his ability to accept credit cards. Just saying. Don't store business financials in the cloud. only financial info going to be stored is more then likely the shop info. in a different drive of course. mainly looking to save customer data..no CC numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Cloud services cannot offer PCI level 1 compliance, thus if he stores financial information in the cloud and the credit card companies find out, they'll pull his ability to accept credit cards. Just saying. Don't store business financials in the cloud. +1 For Ben understanding PCI compliance. AKA the great dicking in the sky to many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Cloud services cannot offer PCI level 1 compliance, thus if he stores financial information in the cloud and the credit card companies find out, they'll pull his ability to accept credit cards. Just saying. Don't store business financials in the cloud. Good to know thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 +1 For Ben understanding PCI compliance. AKA the great dicking in the sky to many. PCI compliance can suck my balls. True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I still own a working external zip drive with a parallel wire connection and 20 disks. But this is worthless anymore for backing up data. Go get a tape drive for backups. Even if it is not going to be that much data buy a USB thumb drive. I just picked up a 16GB one at microcenter for $35. Throw that in a safe when you are done backing up. I do that with my tax information and quicken information. Oh and I have accidentally ran a microcenter USB stick without the cap on it through the washing machine. I let it dry for a day and it still works with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Also remember, after Dec 31st in order to be PCI compliant any machine that isn't a fixed machine has to have it's drive encrypted as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 well i still have to figure file size , once its all ironed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Cloud services cannot offer PCI level 1 compliance, thus if he stores financial information in the cloud and the credit card companies find out, they'll pull his ability to accept credit cards. Just saying. Don't store business financials in the cloud. Bingo! Business financials should never be stored in the Cloud. I would hate to see what would happen if the company that host the Cloud services would ever go under. I wouldn't want to risk it if it ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Also remember, after Dec 31st in order to be PCI compliant any machine that isn't a fixed machine has to have it's drive encrypted as well. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 well i still have to figure file size , once its all ironed out. I picked up an external 250 GB hard drive for like $75 last year. I am sure something that size would do you for some time. You just have to get into the habbit of making backups on a regular basis. That is what normally gets people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I picked up an external 250 GB hard drive for like $75 last year. I am sure something that size would do you for some time. You just have to get into the habbit of making backups on a regular basis. That is what normally gets people. if you do this, you better make sure that the drive is encrypted... actually come to think of it, ZIP disks, or whatever type of media that you decide to use needs to be encryted... I know that myself as a customer would not feel comfortable with leaving my personal and or financial data any other way. (as well as it being law) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.1cutlass Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I picked up an external 250 GB hard drive for like $75 last year. I am sure something that size would do you for some time. You just have to get into the habbit of making backups on a regular basis. That is what normally gets people. I got 1TB for like $119. They are pretty affordable anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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