On 03/09/14 03:46, Arthur Chance wrote: > Without wishing to be morbid, I presume you have structures and procedures in > place to ensure Tarsnap Backup Inc continues to offer its services > indefinitely > in case you're kidnapped by aliens or eaten by bears(*)?
That's a sensible question, although it's usually phrased in terms of getting hit by a bus. ;-) The answer is that if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, Tarsnap will probably not survive indefinitely without me. That said, the service is very stable on a day-to-day basis, so if anything happens to me it is very likely that people will have plenty of time to download their data before Tarsnap shuts down. > The web site says very > little about the corporate side of tarsnap and as I'm always recommending your > service to people I sometimes get asked "isn't this just a one man operation, > what happens to my backups if something happens to him?". It would be helpful > to > be able to point to something reassuring on the subject. Right now, Tarsnap is a one man operation, but I'm optimistic that this will change by the end of the year. For obvious reasons, I don't want to publicly discuss details of potential hiring. > (*) Please don't be. :-) I hereby pledge to do everything in my power to avoid being abducted by aliens, eaten by bears, or hit by buses. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid