Safes can probably be made fireproof despite the cable holes. I would guess
if the holes (as small as possible of course) are made at the bottom, and
the bottom inside the safe was covered with stuff like rockwool (4"+ thick,
preferably layered) where the cables would come through (coiled), the whole
thing would be pretty fireproof despite the holes.
J
> Ken,
>
> In general, the best way to place a back-up, for fire-purposes, is a
> fire-proof safe in a different building. If you worry about
> earthquakes also, place the different building on a different
> continent ;)
>
> Unfortunately, fire-proof also means that no cables can come in or
> out of it, and that you can't ventilate it. So unless your drive
> enclosure comes with telepathic interfaces, works well without power
> and doesn't heat, then I would discount the fire-proof safe - and
> discount the idea of trying to preserve the content of this
> particular disk in the event of a fire. Chances are that you'd make a
> lot of efforts and the disk still wouldn't survive.
>
> If you've got a brother or close friend and you both have broadband,
> why don't you hook up a disk at each others place, and do remote
> backup every other night or so instead? With differential backup
> software, you'll find that it works surprisingly well. I do this
> myself (between office and work - having no brothers and no friends
> either....) and I find it close-to-optimal.
>
> --thomas
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