[X4U] Pros and Cons of Time Capsule?

[Bill Calamita]

I use Time Capsule for my MBP backups here at my home.
-Pros: It is automatic, continuous, transparent and happens multiple times a
day.
-Cons: It still seems a little flakey, even after the software updates that
have happened since its introduction.  I've had two occasions (in less than
a year) that the drive failed and had to be reformatted.

I also use SuperDuper for a weekly back-up to a FW HD.
-Pros: It is bootable.  It is really reliable.  The company and software are
mature.  After the backup I can look at the directory structure and say to
myself that the backup really is there, which is something you can't do with
TC.
-Cons: The drive needs to be connected directly to the computer to make a
bootable backup, which is a tad more involved than with TC's wireless
backups.

Finally, to be a little paranoid, I also make a separate SuperDuper backup
about monthly that I keep at a relatives home "off site" in case there is
some catastrophic incident (fire, theft etc.) at my home.


on 12/3/08 8:02 PM, Mark Des Cotes at lists at marksmandesign.ca wrote:

> It's time to replace my aging 80Gb USB1 and 60Gb Firewire backup
> drives with something a bit bigger, say a 1Tb drive. Right now my
> backups consist of dragging important files to the USB and FW drives
> and using Backup along with my iDisk for my personal data and
> settings. I'd like to automate the backup process using something
> like Time Machine. I like the fact that  Time Capsule is from Apple
> but is it really worth looking at or am I better off purchasing
> another brand of drive? Right now I'm backing up the 250Gb HD on my
> iMac but I'm looking into getting a MacBook for my wife that would
> need to be backed up as well. What are the pros and cons of Time
> Capsule?