Hard Lessons in the Importance of Backups: JournalSpace Wiped Out

I’m just reading about this now.  I didn’t use JournalSpace, but I feel very bad for them and for their members who used their service.  Especially since it seems to be due to a disgruntled ex-employee.  But, the fact remains that they should have had backups in place.

I’ve learned first-hand not to rely on RAID as a backup.  I now do incremental backups every night and I do a full backup every week.  And I have my photos and video backed up to DVDs in a fireproof safe.  I do need to make copies of the DVDs for off-site storage, and I need to do that soon.

I hope everyone realizes how important backups are.  Especially people who use a digital camera and store their pictures on their computer.  Disk drives WILL fail, it’s just a question of when.  And when they do, if you don’t have a backup, you’ll lose all your data and pictures.  So, BACKUP YOUR COMPUTER ON A REGULAR BASIS!.