tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post5412959063049903102..comments2024-03-06T02:46:19.929+00:00Comments on Translation Tribulations: Cover your assets!Kevin Lossnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-50287753314193686372010-12-04T05:48:25.000+00:002010-12-04T05:48:25.000+00:00Good stuff, Kevin. Sounds like your scenario could...Good stuff, Kevin. Sounds like your scenario could have been a lot worse. BTW -- you've mentioned OTM before, and sounds intriguing; we will have to check it out. Although sounds like it would duplicate some things that TO3000 does, which we like, in spite of its interface that needs some work and TLC by usability folks.<br /><br />We also use Dropbox, external hard drives, and then a backup of the backup (yes, we have a techie in the family). The back-up computers have most of the processes set up as well, but now that you mention it: not all of them. In general, the IT sun has been shining on us and we've had no burning computers and crashed systems -- but that's because our very talented IT guru does a lot of work behind the scenes that we don't know about. We are advanced software girls, and can do some coding, but we leave all the systems, hardware, networking, security, and other hard-core techie stuff to the professionals. That would be our recommendation: if you are not 100% comfortable with some of these tasks, your money and time will be well spent hiring someone who is good at it. That said, you do need to know how to do your nightly backup. :)<br /><br />With that, one of us is separating from both computers for an entire weekend. Scary thought...Judy Jenner and Dagmar Jennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991071510108619107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-5739759122908986192010-12-03T03:12:26.770+00:002010-12-03T03:12:26.770+00:00@Daniel: When I consider this a bit more, I think ...@Daniel: When I consider this a bit more, I think you're right - it's time to revisit the licensing issues for virtual setups and if it works, use a cloud backup scheme to secure the image perhaps. (Though perhaps not - when I think of the time to download 500 MB on the fastest DSL connection available to me, I shudder to think of a 15 GB restoration of my applications & system. Local storage is cheap - a few redundant external drives, one stored in my fire-proof ammunition safe, might work better.) Working off a virtual image with my applications will also do away with compatibility fears if I switch to a hardware system with another main OS on it.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-12855354184029255102010-12-03T02:51:05.561+00:002010-12-03T02:51:05.561+00:00Virtual solutions are good for many things, Daniel...Virtual solutions are good for many things, Daniel, and I've been using them in my work since the 1990s. I learned Windows NT on a virtual environment on a Mac in 1999 to get up to speed quickly on some server technologies for a job that eventually got me to Germany when my better qualifications wouldn't. And Win 95, 98 and 2000 under VMWare is how I access certain ancient electronic dictionaries that never got updated by the publishers.<br /><br />Sometimes as I recall, however, virtual environments do have problems with licensing schemes, and an awful lot of my critical applications involve these. It used to be that dongle drivers wouldn't work from the virtual image or other problems occurred. However, I haven't looked at this for a while (5+ years), so it may be worth revisiting. If I dump Wintel hardware and go back to Macs I won't have much of a choice.<br /><br />A couple of the vulnerabilities I dealt with this time around aren't handled all that well with a virtual solution on a local computer and do work better with network-based solutions. As any reader of this blog probably knows, that's OTM for my business processes (project e-mail, file archives, receipt and delivery of work, invoicing, bookkeeping, etc.). After very positive experiences working with memoQ on remote servers, I am extremely tempted to find a hosted solution to keep my ongoing work safe and keep very little on my local machines, but at present nobody offers me the SaaS CAT package I want. (No LIOX crap for me; Wordfast Anywhere is intriguing but not usable for the range of my work and other options I've seen don't cut it. I'm hoping Kilgray will see the light and start providing hosted options to the masses.)<br /><br />@barbudo: I'm thinking in very much the same direction for archiving some of my resources. Now that my translation workflows run online and all the files and correspondence are stored and backed up in safe data centers the pressure to do so isn't that big, but I have other stuff like personal photo archives, writing projects, research corpora, etc. where my OTM is clearly not relevant and a cloud backup might very well be.<br /><br />When I do find what I consider to be the right balance to minimize risks I'll try to share it tactfully with certain friends as a prescription for preventing their recurrent disasters.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-86915994663784238582010-12-03T00:02:12.859+00:002010-12-03T00:02:12.859+00:00Hi, Kevin,
Have you thought of using virtual comp...Hi, Kevin,<br /><br />Have you thought of using virtual computers?<br /><br />If you work on virtual PC and keep a daily backup of it, you can be up and running from another PC with the added advantage of having everything already setup.<br /><br />DanielDaniel García Magariñoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844768075884419063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-33058318123627341602010-12-02T23:17:20.735+00:002010-12-02T23:17:20.735+00:00Have you looked into online backup solutions? Curr...Have you looked into online backup solutions? Currently I'm using Carbonite and Mozy (for added security) with unlimited storage plans. Initial backups took a while but afterwards you can be certain all your relevant work and personal documents are safely tucked in the cloud. The backups are encrypted so privacy shouldn't be an issue. With Carbonite, you can even browse your files from within a... well, browser. (Mozy has a similar feature but it's harder to use). <br /><br />In addition, I back up to an external hard drive and off site (my collegue's PC, actually) using Crashplan. Some of the files I need access to from other PCs are also backed up to Dropbox. While this setup sounds complicated, it's relatively cheap and easy to configure.Grisha Gazarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082445039147079471noreply@blogger.com