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I have a 350gb network storage device in the house and a 300gb PATA HD in the obs computer. The 350gb is the main drive I store stuff on, and it gets backed up to the 300gb (if I ever run out and need the 50gb I'll find some way to get it). I use Second Copy to backup my laptop to the 350gb upon shutdown.
This works well for me because the observatory is as secure (if not more secure) as the house, connected via CAT5 and completely seperate - it's very unlikely both would be damaged or burgled in the one incident.
If I wasn't lucky enough to have the networked computer outside the house to backup stuff to (as was the case until 6 months ago) I'd take regular backups either on DVD or removable HD (USB/network/whatever) and store that at a relatives house or in a safety deposit box. This works well when you just do this off-site backup every few weeks, which for my data would be often enough.
I've got a few problems I'm still trying to overcome so it all works flawlessly and is complete (stupid Maxtor security stuff on the network drive), but it's pretty good how it is.
Important thing is to (if possible) not just backup to a different drive in the same computer. I always worry about someone stealing the drive(s) more so than fire etc.
Roger.
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