Grant schrieb:
I'm struggling to come up with a plan for making backups that is both effective and economical. I have 4 Gentoo systems:1. strong local desktop 2. weak local desktop 3. laptop 4. hosted remote server I'd like to backup the important system and data files from each of these systems, plus my entire (growing) music collection which is stored on system #1. I'd like these backups to be safe in case of fire, theft, hard drive crash, etc. The system and data files are not a problem to encrypt, archive, store, and rsync across systems #1 and #4 because their size is relatively small. However, my music collection is big and growing and I'd like to have 1TB available for it. I'm not sure how to handle that.
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I could set up NAS storage at a friend's place. We both have Suddenlink cable connections so the throughput should be alright. I don't like running a non-Gentoo system though, even if it is just NAS. Plus he uses a Netgear router which needs to be reset periodically.
The router is a problem, but one which can be solved by buying a replacement (which should be cheap compared with the costs for a NAS or a 1TB disk.
Concerning the NAS, why don't you build one yourself? It's no more than 4 HDDs, a cheap system and an NFS- or Samba- and SSH-server, really.
In addition, I think I would periodically backup the encrypted system and data files to DVD and store a copy in two locations.
1TB in 4.7GB-packets? I don't think this is feasible. At least I know that _I_ wouldn't do this more than a few times a year. A single HDD is a better solution, IMHO.
Any thoughts?
Why not buying three external HDDs with eSATA or Firewire-connection? Keep one attached to system #1, one in your car and one at a different place you visit regularly and swap them once a week or so.
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