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Do you think that the Drobo S, which adds a 5th drive bay plus 2 drive fail-over for twice the bucks is overpriced? So do I. Over at Technorati.com, I outlined the arguments what Data Robotics should really charge for the Drobo S.
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If you take your photos with a point&shoot or a DSLR that takes SD cards, you might want to check out Ken Rockwell’s post about up- and download speeds of SD cards.
His conclusions:
or SanDisk.Fortunately for me, my DSLR takes Compact Flash which can be much faster than SD cards. Personally, I use Lexar and SanDisk CF cards.
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By now, you’ve probably heard about the T-Mobile Sidekick data loss fiasco. The Sidekick is based on the now Microsoft owned Danger platform, which is basically a thin client. This means that all the data, including text messages and contacts, are stored on the server. During an upgrade, Hitachi wiped out the server data and the backup. As a result, T-Mobile is now offering Sidekick subscribers to be released from their 2-year contracts, since Microsoft cannot restore the service and all the data is lost.
The Sidekick fiasco is not an isolated incident. Just this morning, MaximumPC reported that “Facebook pulled a Sidekick” and cut about 150,000 users. While access has been restored by now, all of last week’s data is lost. And TUAW (The unofficial Apple Weblog) reports about a MobileMe snafu that exposed personal data to strangers when renewing your MobileMe subscription. John Dvorak is right with his assessment that the EULA (End User License Agreement) is the main culprit, since it allows cloud providers to be lax about their practices.
Can something like this happen to the iPhone, all of its data, photos and videos?
With the iPhone, you are somewhat safer:
Your iPhone data, photos and videos should be pretty safe. But it’s always good computing practice to also backup your PC or Mac. Joe outlined his thoughts about photo storage a while ago, whereas I back everything up on my Drobo and an additional backup device (and the most important data also into the cloud).
I know it’s a hassle to back up, but just ask T-Mobile Sidekick users how they feel about having to re-enter all of their data manually, if at all possible.
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With Snow Leopard being released in September, I’ve started preparations for the upgrade. Since I’m basically out of disk space on my existing MacBook Pro, I decided to replace my 100GB drive with a new Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB
Of course, the next question is: How do I connect my old drive? The answer for me is the Vantec NexStar.
Vantec has a clever solution for connecting old hard drives. Simply insert any 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA I/II hard drive into Vantec’s NexStar Hard Drive Dock, connect it via USB2.0 or an eSata port and you are ready to view, transfer, copy, or backup files.
I tried one of the NexStars over the weekend and it worked like a charm. There are no drivers to install (unless you are on Mac OS 8 or Windows 95/98), so I simply connected the unit via its included USB cable, slipped an old 2.5-inch notebook drive in, powered the unit up and within seconds I had access to all the data on my MacBook. Hard drive access was as speedy as with other USB drives and I even reformatted an old hard drive without problems. Once done, I simply switched off the unit and then took the hard drive out (you should NOT do this the other way around).
I’m confident that this aspect of my Snow Leopard upgrade will be working fine!
Price: $46.99 (without hard drive), Amazon: $36.73
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