Sharing backup info ChemIT staff have come across which may help others backing up their personal computers.

Hard drives will fail

• https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-update-september-2014/
• Stolen laptop, with your data
• If data is important to you, you must have it in more than

Strategy

1. Establish an automatic method for backups. If you have to think about copying files "it's not backup". 
2. Verify your backups. Often, with cloud-based sync services, this is easy!

Examples using Cornell-funded services (services go away when you leave Cornell!)

These are loud-based, sync client-enabled services, similar to Dropbox.com

• OneDrive for Business (as of Dec 2015, not ideal for Mac users)
  
  • About:
    • http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/onedrive/
  • Login:
    
    • http://outlook.cornell.edu/
• Box (good for Macs or Windows)
  • About:
    
    • http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/box/
  • Login:
    
    • http://cornell.box.com/

Examples some folks have had experience with

• CrashPlan

Other examples we'd like to hear others have had experience with

• https://www.backblaze.com/best-online-backup-service.html

Other resources

Mac users can especially benefit from this one-page cheat-sheet, or get the entire book:

• http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backing-up

Guide from a vendor:

• https://www.backblaze.com/data-backup/backup-your-computer.html