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The fastest and possible most secure back-up drive. Take one safe, one UPS, a gigabit NAS enclosure with a RAID 1 configuration and there you have it.

Fast with minimum security risk, protected in case of fire and instantly accessible. I've got an uptime of 136 days and counting with no overheating and gigabit rates, with all that your data can just live safely on the network.

Another option if backing up over the net doesn't fit your needs.
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Jun 1, 2011. 8:59 AMtinker234 says:
wow i love it though i would make a bigger verison
Mar 23, 2011. 6:21 AMdvdweide says:
Thanks for this great idea!
I also own a data safe, and would be interested in a solution like this.

But are you sure you don't have heath problems?
I mean, did you hang a thermometer in there to check out?
Did you measure the power consumption of the NAS device inside?

I ask this because my safe is really REALLY very well isolated. After all, that's the main scope of a data safe, isn't it?
From the picture it seems that your safe is somewhat less isolated than mine, but it may be bigger than i think. Mine has 10cm of isolation on all sides.
Jan 29, 2011. 3:46 PMmightywombat says:
This is a cool idea, but I have to tell you, in my experience working in the lock and safe industry, these "safes" are little more than fire-protected lock boxes. They are notoriously easy to open using a variety of techniques. This is a great way to protect your NAS from prying visitors, and from the possibility of fire damage, but these safes do not adequately protect from burglary or theft.

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