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Taking Advantage of Free Cloud Storage for 3-2-1 Backup (Updated)

Even Backup guys need to practice and plan for good backup strategies.  As a Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP and podcaster with the Home Server Show, you would think that of all people, I would have my backup plans documented well and in order.  Well, I do, kind of.  I have been running a bit loose lately and I thought it was time to tightening things up.

HPN40LAt home, I currently run a Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 box with about 2TB of total storage space and 2 TB of storage to back those files up.  I also backup everything to a ioSafe Solo (an external hard drive that is fire and water proof) that has the most important 1 TB of my data backed up as well.  If there was ever a fire at my home, my data wouldn’t burn.

I will be moving my WHS and the data to the next version (Windows Server 2012 Essentials) some time in 2013 and I though now would be a good time get it all in the cloud for the migration.  Why the cloud?  First, I have been writing and updating a running post on Cloud Storage Options. Currently, cloud, or offsite data storage on someone else’s servers, is becoming more popular and inexpensive.  There are at lease 20 companies with some kind of offering.  You can get more details on it HERE.

WHS, Small Business Considerations, Blue Microphones Yeti, Audio Technica ATR-2100, Chrome Remote Desktop – HT101

Home-Tech-Album-125x125_thumbJim (@jcollison) and Christian (@theWizBM) are joined this week by Gordon Schmidt (@GWadeTech) and John Zajdler (@Dieharder) for show 101!

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It’s the first show of 2013!  Another full year of podcasting from the Average Guy Podcast Network!

CES LIVE COVERAGE

Star Trek Reference: http://www.hark.com/clips/rqwbzqyjnl-a-mnemonic-memory-circuit-using-stone-knives-and-bear-skins

Watch the Youtube Video above to see the iPod / WHS build that John Z talks about.

Gordon’s Site:  http://mykneejerkreaction.com

Lastpass site: http://lastpass.com

WHS2011 at Amazon:  http://amzn.com/B0050TVAWS

Magic Jack: http://amzn.com/B0011UXSHK

Starting your own small business:  http://www.sba.gov/content/follow-these-10-steps-starting-business

Google AdSense:  https://www.google.com/adsense

 

PC Support Tools Mentioned:

LogMeIn: https://secure.logmein.com

Hard Drive Dock:  http://amzn.com/B001J8BPYM

TeamViewer: http://teamviewer.com

Portable Apps:  http://portableapps.com/

Join.me:  http://join.me

Hijack this:http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/

Malwarebytes:  http://malwarebytes.org

Belarc:  http://belarc.com

The Average Guy’s Cloud Storage Know It Guyde

Hiren’s Boot CD:  http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

 

77 Home Tech Podcast: Window 8, Windows Server 2012, Kogan’s IE7 Tax, Verizon FiOS, Tabletop Lasers and Dominating Websites

Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Gary Johnson (filling in for Christian) and Bryan Auer for Show 77 of The Home Tech Podcast.

After going over some of the equipment that Bryan has in his studio (like the Dell Latitude ST tablet Atom Z760 which Bryan has running Windows 8), the guys talk about their various deployments of Windows 8 and their experiences of the current Release Preview. 

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Gary talks about the Release Candidate of Windows Server 2012 and speculates on how some of the new features in the next version of the Server Operating System will improve system management for the Enterprise. Click here for the evaluation software.

74 Home Tech Podcast: DeLorean Bicycle, Facebook, Google, Java, LastPass, Media Tagging, Oracle, Samsung Galaxy SIII and Smart Phones

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW and Renny Phipps for Show 74 of The Home Tech Podcast.

The guys start off talking about the recent Facebook IPO, which started at $38 and closed at $33.03 at the end of the first day of trading. The guys discuss where the volume may be coming from in the stock, and the future of Facebook being traded on the market, and the future of Facebook were it to become a “user pays” service.

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imageMike talks about the new Samsung Galaxy SIII, recently released in London as the “Official Device of the 2012 Summer Olympics”, sporting a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor, 8MP camera and all the goodness we come to expect from the Samsung Galaxy series of phones.