Backup recommendations
Stuart
smcg2297 at frii.com
Mon Nov 20 18:17:15 UTC 2006
"Thom Paine" wrote:
> > I am also thinking about a backup stratagy for my home
> > network, but am concerned about a rsync-only stratagy.
> > If my house burns down, it will take the rsync disk
> > with it.
>
> I have a cheap computer in my unattached garage that I have a cat5
> wire ran to. So basically I do offsite backups.
>
> Another alternative is to put a machine at a friends house. Do an
> rsync on your local lan to get the bulk of the data backed up to the
> machine, and then lug it over and hook it up to their internet and
> port forward port 22. Then you can use rsync with ssh via the
> internet for your backups. I do this with some small business clients.
Interesting idea! Not usable for me at present because
one of the risks where I live is forest fire so it's
possible the whole neighborhood will burn up at the same
time. The other reason is that I live in a third-world
part of the US where 128kb isdn is considered cutting
edge technology. We don't even have cell phone coverage
here.
I thought that with DVDs I could bring them to work and
keep them in the office for safe keeping. I suppose I
cold do the same with some kind of portable HD but dvd
seems like a cheaper solution that will also provide for
archiving and well as backup.
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