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  • From: James Manning <jmm AT sublogic.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Re: offsite backup
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:03:58 -0400

> Has anyone had experience with Backup services? ...recommendations? I've
> got a home office, am religious about backing up, but want to have
> something offsite. Thanks

I do nightly rsync's in both directions with a colo'd box. YMMV, but
I got heavily addicted to having my backups as rsync's (rdiff-backup
being a better tool, actually, but still) to software-raid linux boxes
in other physical locations :)

To be honest, it's prob. easiest to treat it like swimming protection
- find a buddy in a similar situation, and have each other give accts
for mirroring the data. This assumes sensitive data is encrypted
inside the files, and maybe that doesn't hold true for you (yet? :)

Course, professional backup services like Iron Mountain are certainly
an option too.

Course, there's this approach, as well ;)

Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let
the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds

Good luck!

James
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