What I do is to consider the macs as volatile. Very much like "firmware". All the stuff I care about is in our main file server. I might either use my files using the octopus or just cache them in the local disk of the mac when I need that.
To recover such "firmware", yes, I use an external disk and time machine, which is what the mac seems to like. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Axel Belinfante <axel.belinfa...@cs.utwente.nl> wrote: > Just curious what 9fans use, for home and/or work, to backup their macs. > > time machine? > to a local (usb,firewire) disk? > or remote (time capsule, nas (not officially sanctioned by apple))? > > or eat our own dog food and use eg. venti? > or tra? > > or no backup necessary because everything important is already elsewhere? > (in the cloud, or in a version management system) > > or? > > > context: we are reconsidering how to do this at work, > and prefer not to reinvent the wheel. > > (at home I just backup my mac to a readynas box using time machine). > > > Sorry for the off-topic nature of this post, but the fact > that 9fans will be aware of less-common solutions like venti - > not to mention the presence of coraid people here - > made me look for experience/expertise here. > > Regards, > Axel. > >
