

The hard drive won’t creak or flex when torqued, and the. The Signature Mini weighs just 5.8 ounces, and its body feels quite solid and compact. Inside the box is the 4.9″ long x 3.1″ wide x 0.75″ thick hard drive, which is indeed velvety due its rubberized coating, similar to the kind found on many mobile phones.There is also a USB cable and a short “Read Me First” instruction guide. Supple and resilient to the touch, with a positive velvety grip, they’re designed by our friends at Pininfarina, the icon of Italian sports car design since 1930.”

The box declares “Introducing the Signature Mini family of bite-size drives, bursting with tasty ingredients.
#Mini diary backup portable#
So how can you make sure that your data is protected and backups are done in a timely manner? How can you ensure that your data will be still be around when – not if – disaster strikes? One of the tools I am using is the SimpleTech Signature Mini USB 2.0 Portable Drive.Īvailable in gigabyte quantities from 120 to 320, I was sent the 250GB version in cool mint, which is actually more of an icy blue. Whether it be your website, treasured family photos, or your entire MP3 music catalog, data is precious just how precious is not usually known until it is gone. My formerly sporadic method of backing things up once in a while just to be “extra safe” has quickly evolved into one that some might find redundant and more than a bit obsessive, but those who have suffered their own devastating data losses will understand. I have auto rsync backup to tapes weekly, I have auto iscsi backup to nas daily, and each month I back up the sites to my local hard drive – of which I keep 1 at home and 1 in a safety deposit box in my bank

Here is what gives me piece of mind on our network: I use two hard drives, 1 is main and 1 is mirroring (in case 1 hdd dies, the server is still on) using raid. For instance, many of you read the transcripts – perhaps with some amusement – where Ewdi told me his method: Since the crash I have learned exactly how obsessive some people can be when it comes to their backup methods. Need I remind anyone of the events of March 1? Yeah, I thought not. Is it ever possible to be too obsessive about backing up your data? I’ve learned not to think so.
