Re: Custom Cable creation

[Scott Ewing <geekstah@xxxxxxxxx>]

just a thought. have you considered heat dispation in the sealed box?

if it's metal, you might be able to conduct a little away from the
drive, but it will still cook in a safe.

Scott

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:30:43 +0100, John Andrews
<groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tim
>
> Cool idea - firewire can go up to 10 meters, so in theory you could
bury it
> in your garden ....
>
> But have you thought of wifi? and putting a NAS box in say your garage
/ car
> / caravan?
> You can make NAS boxes from old 486's these days.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Fletcher" <timfletcher@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Custom Cable creation
>
> > I am keen to make a safe site for my backups.  I have an
automated backup
> > process running to a remote firewire HDD enclosure and it works
> perfectly -
> > The last total system HDD crash resulted in the loss of 3 spam
emails
> > delivered as the thing went down.  As I see it the only
eventualities my
> > current system doesn't take account of are fire and theft.
> >
> > I was planning to buy a cheap safe about as big as a shoe box (20
quid
> > Screwfix/Viking) located & fixed somewhere inconspicuous.  I
would then
> get
> > a small hole drilled in it and pass a firewire cable through.  I
could
> then
> > lock the HDD enclosure in a box - BRILLIANT.  Has anyone cut
firewire
> cables
> > and joined them again?  What was the outcome?  I could drill a
hole big
> > enough for the connector but the steel is 4mm think and I think
it might
> be
> > tricky.  I can't use the smaller firewire connector as it doesn't
have
> > power?
> >
> > Any thoughts gratefully received.
> >
> > ps I know fire still isn't ruled out but if something so bad
happens as to
> > take out both locations I guess data recovery will be the last of
my
> > worries.  I also have a periodic off-site backup to fall back on.
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