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Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by mechanical_fish »

inklesspen wrote: post #18

I use Time Machine.

I use Time Machine, but intend to use SuperDuper as well once the Leopard compatibility issues are solved. (It's taking a long time, but that appears to be because the SuperDuper author is a really careful guy. That's what you want in a backup vendor.)

For Linux I just use rsync. Restoring a failed Linux system often requires fiddling with Knoppix as well; get a nice recent Knoppix disc burned and ready to go in an emergency.

Don't forget: have more than one backup, and have an offsite backup.

I never really tested my Windows system backup solutions; I decided to abandon Windows instead. For backing up Windows files I used to use SyncBack: http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html -- it was pretty good.

I need to work on doing better online backups. A lot of my work is web stuff, though, and that lives on other servers anyway.

Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by danw »

All my backups are made to a NAS.

On Mac OS X I use Silverkeeper (I don't have leopard).

On Windows I use SyncBack [1].

All my development work is on a remote SVN server which is backed to the NAS.

The NAS is backed up to DVDs which are shipped to my parents house.

Any recommendations for online remote storage?

[1] Syncback tutorial http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/geek-to-live-aut...

Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by eru »

edw519 wrote: post #12
eru wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you do this? Isn't /home where your data lives?

On my system, anything that changes is in /bin. For a catastrophe, I would reinstall the OS and environment and then restore data from the thumb drive.

Interesting. Could you elaborate, please?

Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by f00bar »

brunnock wrote: post #8

I second the Rsync recommendation. I back up our servers every 15 minutes with it. In the event of a catastrophe, we will have lost 15 minutes worth of data, at most.

Have a look at rsnapshot (rsnapshot.org), a perl wrapper script over rsync. Supports *nix and incremental backups that roll over.

Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by nickb »

mechanical_fish wrote: post #21
inklesspen wrote: post #18

I use Time Machine.

I use Time Machine, but intend to use SuperDuper as well once the Leopard compatibility issues are solved. (It's taking a long time, but that appears to be because the SuperDuper author is a really careful guy. That's what you want in a backup vendor.) For Linux I just use rsync. Restoring a failed Linux system often requires fiddling with Knoppix as well; get a nice recent Knoppix disc burned and ready to go in an e…

I too used SuperDuper! with Tiger but as soon as I got my hands on Leopard, I started using TM. Why? Well, it's automatic. Problem with SD! is that I would forget to plug my external HD sometimes and the backup would not go through. You can enable to backup TM to a HD attached to AirportExtreme (with a small hack) so that's my makeshift TimeCapsule and works well because I don't have to remember to do anything.

Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by jeffreypriebe »

wbornor wrote: post #17
eru wrote: post #10

Interesting question. I consider S3 with a front-end like http://www.jungledisk.com/ Does anybody have any experience with that?

Jungledisk is great. Its easy to use, cheap and runs on Windows, Linux (includes GUI and CLI) and Mac. You can treat is as a network drive or setup automated backups. The protocol is open so you can use tools like S3 Firefox Organizer to retrieve your data outside of the Jungledisk front-end. Another big plus is that you can run an unlimited number of instances across any number of machines after paying a one time fe…

I'll also chime in for Jungledisk. I use it on 2 machines at home and a few at work (Windows Vista, Server 2003). The cost and security is really nice.

Jungledisk Plus gives you the option to view files online - so it's a backup + online viewing option (since it uses Amazon S3 and is already online).

Re: How does everybody backup?

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Post by dhouston »

dropbox (http://getdropbox.com , our yc startup) -- keeps a folder synced across pcs and to the web (with continuous syncing, an rsync-like protocol and versioning) for windows/os x. basically we had the same problem and tried the same rsync+cron hacks and wanted to solve the problem right.

we'll be kicking out news.yc beta invites soon :)

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