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auto back up for external mac drives..need some help..
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auto back up for external mac drives..need some help..

canicypher 5:45 AM - 15 April, 2012
What's the best way to back up my external hard drives?! I have a 1 - 1TB g drive (current drive I gig with), 1 - 2TB g drive (bought today, not open yet) and a 3TB WD (main back up).

The 1TB is filled up and I'm using about 190GB on my Macbook's HD with video files. My plan is to dump everything on the 2 TB and use that to gig with and use the 1 TB as is for a back up gig drive. I then want to mirror the 2TB on the 3TB as a main back up of everything..

How should i go about doing this?! Will Time Machine help?! (i don't care about backing up the macbook HD) I just want the two externals the same and anytime i make a change to the 2 TB whether it is adding new tracks or changing around folders it will automatically do the same to the 3 TB.

Any suggestions/preferred methods/etc are welcomed..
DJ DisGrace 1:08 PM - 15 April, 2012
Get a copy of Super Duper to clone your gig drive onto your back up drive. It will only change files and folders that have been changed/added since the last back-up, so it's quick and easy.

Time machine won't really help if you want to take out your back-up drive for a gig in an emergency.
WarpNote 1:12 PM - 15 April, 2012
Yeah, Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner...
Dj Nyce 10:45 PM - 15 April, 2012
Chronosync is great for this as well
canicypher 2:54 AM - 16 April, 2012
will look up all of these..thanks
DJ Guayo 4:24 PM - 16 April, 2012
After you have done the initial back up, how long does it take to do the incremental back up? (apart from data size, etc) ? Are we talking a few minutes or hours?
DJ DisGrace 4:51 PM - 16 April, 2012
a few minutes, depends on how many changes there have been, obviously.... I used SATA external drives and it was always under 10 minutes
canicypher 9:44 PM - 16 April, 2012
is it ok to use eSata external drive hook ups when using SSL and video files...i feel like i remember hearing somewhere sometime that it wasn't?! dk why..just thought i heard that somewhere lol
DJ DisGrace 9:53 PM - 16 April, 2012
^ I only used the eSATA for backups on my desktop PC (using MacDrive)... for gigs it's the FW800 jack
canicypher 4:59 AM - 17 April, 2012
Yeah so don't use that connection to actually perform a set with is what I was saying..
DJMark 7:51 AM - 17 April, 2012
eSATA would probably work okay...it's just there's some issues:

1) Can't use bus-power;

2) eSATA cables are more of a pain to use than FW800 (less flexible);

3) You need to use an Expresscard/34 eSATA adapter;

4) Even DJ-ing videos, the real-world benefit of eSATA over FW800 is pretty minor. FW800 has way more than enough bandwidth to do anything most DJ's (video or not) will be doing.

5) I feel that FW800 offers a more secure, solid connection for "mobile" use than eSATA.
canicypher 2:43 AM - 30 April, 2012
gotcha, i remember hearing something to that affect, thanks
Madame Dutchess 2:49 AM - 30 April, 2012
I use Chronosync as well. I make a complete clone of the HD I use strictly for DJing (Has all my crates, music, database, backup of program files, etc) Back it up about once a week.
canicypher 5:58 AM - 8 May, 2012
I tried out carbon copy cloner, so far so good..