On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Derek Smithies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The usual media one has to backup is photos - which can easily be 100G > (after some years of collection). > So a backup solution has to be designed for 100 G. > > Dvds are too small, and slow to search. > > network based backups are too slow - DSL uplink is too slow - and the volume > of data to > backup is too high, in comparison to the monthly cap. > > Which leaves: > External usb drive > > > Run time machine (apple software) and write contents of > hard drive to usb drive. machine blows up. install replacement machine. > run "time machine" and everything - I mean everything- is restored as > before on the old hard drive. > > simple effective etc, and works for all users.
That strategy learns nothing from recent chch events. The "backup to a different external each day and take it home at night" is useless when disaster strikes during the day and you are running screaming from the building. Backing up to your IT company round the corner is useless when your whole block is wiped out or inaccessible for months. S3 and their equivalents are pretty easy to set and forget. s3sync acts like rsync but you don't need to remember to change the external drive or find a safe place to keep it. Now where is that scrap of paper I wrote my access codes on....? Oh hell yes, on my desk in the red zone! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
