"Steve" <nomail@for.me> wrote in message
news:J1AGi.46582$SR3.11256@newsfet10.ams...
> >
>> you mean it wasn't the 500gig drive you were getting for $6 that gave you
>> a clue?
>>
> Of course it sounds too good to be true, and it was. That's why I called
> them on the phone. They DID say "500GB for $6.95 a month" on the top page
> of their website, after all. I suspect that as time goes on, as more
> people have more of a need to back up "big stuff" - 4GB movies and such -
> and attempt to take advantage of 500GB come-ons like IXwebhosting's, those
> offers will disapear, or at least become clearer, without having to dig
> through the TOS.
>
> Drives are cheap. I make use of big drives at home. The reason I want
> the 500GB online is for offsite backup, to protect against losing files in
> a disaster. I suppose I could burn DVDs and put them in a fireproof safe,
> or mail them to my Mom, or bury them in the back yard, or get a safe
> deposit box, or whatever.

If you want it for a backup then I'd suggest buying three (500GB+) USB disks
instead. Keep one at home and backup to it and the other two off site (I
keep mine in my desk draw at work), then once a week cycle your home disk
off site and one of the offsite ones back home. This works a treat for me -
I use it to backup my home server and the same idea to backup the servers at
work. If you can automate the backup then that's even better - although
sadly I've yet to find a way of automating the carrying off site (grin).
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian