On 10/1/06, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've got 76 GB. 76.1, actually. So there.
Well, previously, you said you had 400-600 so I figured I'd point out a solution in the same magnitude. It's not about who's is bigger, Whil. It's about what you do with it.
Seriously, I guess I could do that. But that would mean I'd have to get my fat a$$ out of my chair, which I'm not inclined to do unless there's a jelly donut at the other end of the trip.
Well, I've got a lot of reservations about storing data that might be at all interesting on any machine I don't have pretty good control over. If I was dealing with one of the many "Backups'R'Us.com" outfits that are springing up, I'd want to make sure the data was encrypted before it left the office. Hmmm. ssh tunnel to remote host? encryption at file system level? rsync? Seems doable. So here's the deal: the vendor UPSes you a removable hard drive. You follow the instructions to install it (guess they'll have to write really small words...) then ship it back. They load it up on an internet server and give you another script to do a nightly sync. From their perspective, the stuffs encrypted and they can't read it. From your side, it's a remotely mounted file system. (Keep the key on a USB fob or something, printed out and in your safety deposit box for recovery). Bandwidth would usually be pretty low. I guess that's why "remote encrypted backup" yields 13,400,000 hits on Google :) http://www.rsync.net will support 400 Gb for a mere $360/month. What a deal! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
