I hadn't heard of tarsnap before, but I've been using one of the other cloud-based backup services and have been pretty happy with the convenience. I actually have occasionally used it while traveling just as a way to retrieve files I needed off computers that were back home and inaccessible.
The initial backup for a machine takes a while if you have a lot of data. Some services offer an option where you can mail in a hard disk to seed the backup and avoid doing a full backup via the wire. Data caps are also something to keep in mind; they're coming to a lot of us soon in the US, since monopoly cable carriers are starting to enforce them. On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 2:38 PM, John D Groenveld <[email protected]> wrote: > In message < > cahhaouaf9yub2gugudy09eqtche6j5gqypsn57+gsspetvn...@mail.gmail.com> > , David Brodbeck writes: > >set up and maintain a puppet server just for a home fileserver. ;) > > Any tarsnap success or fail stories on this M/L? > > I recently heard their plug on the BSD Now podcasts with > Illumos' Brown mafia members and it seems geared toward > home fileservers. > > John > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- D. Brodbeck System Administrator, Linguistics University of Washington GPG key fingerprint: 0DB7 4B50 8910 DBC5 B510 79C4 3970 2BC3 2078 D875 _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
