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8.2 Preparing for backups

If you would like to create your own backup strategy, you will need to consider at least the following

issues: where to store your backups, what data to back up and how often. The below sections will

discuss these issues in detail.

Incidentally, it would be a good idea to make some additional preparations before carrying out any

backup, especially image backups. It is advisable to scan the system for viruses and malware to

ensure that the backup does not contain any "surprises". In addition, you may want to perform disk

defragmentation before backing up that disk.

8.2.1 Deciding where to store your backups

First of all you should decide where to store your backups. Acronis True Image Home 2011 supports

quite a few of storage devices. For more information see Supported storage media (p. 15). Some of

the supported storage locations are discussed below.

Hard disk drives

Since hard disk drives are now quite inexpensive, in most cases purchasing an external hard drive for

storing your backups will be an optimal solution. An external drive enhances the security of your data

because you can keep it off-site (for example, at home if you back up your office computer and vice

versa) You can choose various interfaces – USB, FireWire, eSATA depending on the configuration of

your computer ports and the required data transfer rate. In many cases the best choice will be an

external USB hard drive, especially if your computer supports USB 3.0.

If you plan to use an external USB hard drive with your desktop PC, connecting the drive to a rear

connector using a short cable will usually provide the most reliable operation. This reduces the

chance of data transfer errors during backup/recovery.

Home file server, NAS or NDAS

If you have a Gigabit Ethernet home network and a dedicated file server or NAS, you can store

backups on the file server or NAS practically like on an internal drive.

If you decide to use an external hard drive, NAS, NDAS, etc., you will need to check whether Acronis

True Image Home 2011 detects the selected backup storage. You need to check this both in Windows

and when booted from the rescue media.

To gain access to an NDAS enabled storage device, in many cases you will need to specify the NDAS

device ID (20 characters) and the write key (5 characters). The write key allows you to use an NDAS

enabled device in write mode (e.g. for saving your backups). Usually the device ID and write key are

printed on a sticker attached to the bottom of the NDAS device or on the inside of its enclosure. If

there is no sticker, you need to contact your NDAS device vendor to obtain that information.

Optical discs

Blank optical discs such as DVD-R, DVD+R are very cheap, so they will be the lowest cost solution for

backing up your data, though the slowest one. This is especially true when backing up directly to

DVDs. Furthermore, if your backup consists of several DVDs, data recovery from DVDs will require a

lot of disc swapping. On the other hand, using Blu-ray discs may be a viable option.

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