Ma.gnolia and The Backup Lesson
Social bookmarking site and community Ma.gnolia‘s recent backup crisis serves as a sour reminder of the importance of backing up data being it one’s local computer’s documents or website databases.
Backup resources are now cheaper than ever (it is possible to get terabytes of storage on external hat drives for less than $200) and more mobile (with the recent wave of online backup services like iBackup, iDrive, Mozy, Carbonite, Dropbox, and these are just a few) …
Having lost my hard drives in the past (not a pleasant experience) I now see no excuse not to have a backup plan and maybe a backup pan B for your precious data…
Ma.Gnolia’s situation got so bad that they even started to recommend other social bookmarking services (Diigo):
If you’re looking for a place to start a new collection, I think Diigo is a good option to check out for its groups, cross-service posting features and attentive staff.
