Geek’s quest for perfect backup system continues

A few months ago I wrote about online backups. I need to revisit the subject with more information – and more frustration.

Backups have always been a problem, and I’ve never found an ideal system; as I wrote months ago, for instance, the once-popular tape-backup systems were notoriously unreliable.

I currently use four backup systems. Yes, I know, that sounds compulsive, but let me explain why. First, I have an HP Windows Home Server as the core of my home network. I store data on the WHS that I need to share with my assistant so we can both access…