Windows Backup, on Windows 7, is now doing the job for me ... daily incremental backup to an external hard drive.

Yeah, but why not just use Windows Backup, unless you're dead set on backing up multiple computers and they aren't Win 7 computers?

Anyone with experience with "Windows Backup", particularly the recent versions?

So I have more thoughts & info after our big & informative WHS, RAID, Carbonite/Mozy, etc discussion.

I subscribed to Carbonite. Thought it was awesome at first. Now I...

So is this basically what's involved in building and running a WHS?

Build a barebones server - no video card, no monitor/keyboard - just a chassis, power supply, motherboard, whatever HDDs...

So WHS sounds like $500 to $1000 ($200 for WHS software, $400+ for hardware).

Carbonite is $35/yr.

1TB RAID1 USB External HDD is $250

Seems like I'll be skipping the WHS, backing up...

I guess I don't quite get it - is WHS software, hardware, or both? I thought I saw a cost of $200 for WHS. What does the last...

Combo solution is where I'm headed ... Online-offsite covers most of your important docs, Home Server backs up the entire system if a rebuild is required. $35/yr for the...

Or screw up when running the RAID recovery utilities and accidently blow away your data ... it happens(ed) ...

I was using RAID1. I would have thought easy recovery also. Not always as easy as you hope/expect.

RAID1 (mirror) on external HD is a totallly different issue. ...

5+ years ago I setup RAID on my home office Win 2003 server. I thought RAID would be a good safeguard - basically I thought it would be quick...

Still really curious about that great set of questions in article #2, esp

Designing the database schema

How do I design my database schema, modify and manage the database objects? What designer...