> > Where do you guys store your backups? Leaving backups on a DVD in the > > same apartment as the machines doesn't make too much sense to me. > > Maybe I should mail em to my parents every week or something? > > > > - Grant > > Offsite backups are a good idea if your data is important to you. I > have several servers around the world so setting up rsync mirrors is > pretty painless. Then I burn to DVD remotely.. (I have trained people > enough so that when the tray opens they replace the DVD with a blank) > > You might want to look at doing a stage 4 backup and then sending > that file to one of those online storage services. A quick google > shows there are many out there offering 2-25GB of free storage. There > are some non-free services designed specifically for backup where you > don't pay to upload but do pay when you want to get your data (which > given it is a backup I assume you would be highly motivated to pay if > a restore is required) A few months back I looked into Amazon's S3 to > automate offsite storage of backups. I never implemented anything > though. > > I would encrypt anything sent to one of those online storage services.
Encryption yeah. How do you encrypt your stuff? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
