Re: Backups and File Encryption

hi All: I too have a little bit of experience with backups, and agree with the notion of beer and a general get together sometime in the not-too-distant future--- Indeed, choosing a backup system depends on what you want to accomplish, and the 3-2-1 rule is a good one to keep in mind! Good

Backups and File Encryption: Thanks All: Beerz?

Thanx all for the great advice. VAGUE never dissapoints! A wealth of geeky knowledge. Beerz? I recently moved to Richmond and I think there's a bunch of geeks in the hills in the greater Richmond area. We have good beer in Richmond ;-) -- Joe Golden /_\ www.Triangul.us /_\ Coding,

Re: Backups and File Encryption

One of the first systems to support ssh, rsync, and deduplication (file level, using hard links) was backuppc. I've used it for years without a hitch. It is a little overly complicated (lots of options) because it also supports backing up PC's aka Windows Boxes a number of different ways. I've

Re: Backups and File Encryption

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Re: Backups and File Encryption

om crafted business computer networks and communications systems since 1997 From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:VAGUE@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Rene Churchill Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 9:01 AM To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: Backups and File Encryption Here's my tho

Re: Backups and File Encryption

write SAMBA. Regards, Paul On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Josh Sled wrote: Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 08:48:22 -0400 From: Josh Sled <js...@asynchronous.org> Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <VAGUE@list.uvm.edu> To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: Backups and File Encryption J

Re: Backups and File Encryption

Here's my thoughts/rant on backup systems. First of all, you need to consider which problems you're trying to solve with backups: * Hardware failure - To deal with simple hardware failure like the drive itself failing, you just need a copy of the data. The amount of time between copies

Re: Backups and File Encryption

Joe Golden writes: > And for backups, Anthony mentioned Git Annex. Is that a backup solution or > something similar? In general I don't need incremental backups, but if > didn't cost much and made things faster, all the better. I love git and > think git should be in more

Backups and File Encryption

I feel like I should get a little more serious about a backup system and encryption on my filesystems. I use ssh for command line access to texty things for projects, etc. I use sshfs for mounting a shared directory for working space between a server, desktop and a couple of laptops. The