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The kind of data as well influences the choice of storage medium. A DVD might be useful for holiday snapshots, nevertheless is of limited use to a pro photographer. If you'll be backing up large quantities of data, it's advisable to get multiple, high-capacity hard disks. Or you might want to invest in a NAS box.

Another option would be to create your own cloud by attaching USB disks to network accessible devices such the PogoPlug or TonidoPlug. Figure out which of these options best suits your needs.

While it can be used on individual machines, it's best called upon when you want to safeguard data on multiple computers. Not only that, nevertheless it will work across Linux, Mac, or Windows, and is then suited for environments that have a mix of different OSes.

There's far more to BackupPC than we can touch on here; it's the most comprehensive program in this feature. As such, you'll need to spend time browsing its documentation and adapting it to your network to make full use of it. Our in-depth tutorial in LXF125 may as well help if you have access to it.