Backup recommendations

[Mike McCarty]

Stuart wrote:
> "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 keep three backups at a time. One is a full, which is stored
at a friend's house about 15 miles away. The other two are
incrementals. When the medium for the incremental gets full
or when a month or so passes, or when I feel the need, I
make another full.

> 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.

If you have a real need for secure backups then either use
a safety deposit box, or a real archival company.

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