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Arq ( https://www.arqbackup.com ) and AWS. As close to set it and forget it that you can get. Process: - Local TimeMachine backups - Arq backup to AWS Glacier
Arq + Dropbox I used to back up to Glacier but I was already paying for Dropbox so I moved everything there.
I own some land in rural TN, with a winterized trailer and access to spring water. that is backup water and shelter for minimal cost. A person/year of shelf-stable food (not fun, but indefinitely survivable) is about $1000. So if I am smart about it, and fall back gracefully, every $3k-$4k in savings is a year of "backup survival". I still need to make sure I have at least a year's worth of currency in a liquid form…
Possibility to hunt and fish in the region too?
I'm using Arq ( https://www.arqbackup.com/ ) with Google Cloud Storage. Arq is a stand alone backup program that supports a bunch of different storage providers. From their site: > Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive accounts, or your SFTP server or NAS. It encrypts locally so I don't have to worry about the backup company reading my files. I have 3 backup…
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Please double check if CP really does backup all your files - it doesn't for me (Ubuntu 14.04, haven't checked after upgrading to 16.04 since I've cancelled my account anyway). I suspect it's related to the huge amount of files in average js projects, eventhough i'm now excluding node_modules/ from backing up. I've also spent quite some time with CP support to debug the issue but without any result. Nonetheless, I do…
I must admit I have only done partial restores, but it looks right size wise. I also use Windows CP exclusively so many-small-files and deep hierarchy are basically frowned upon... If I had that problem I'd include a huge tar of everything in the file set. Or go to backblaze.
Crashplan. Its awesome
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If banking fails your dollars are going to be in a world of hurt. Do you invest in gold/silver, too? Unrelated question, what part of TN is your unprotected, cash filled trailer in?
My general expectation is to the contrary. I think people underestimate how psychologically ingrained the dollar is into the american people. Money will still be worth something, maybe not as much as I like, but something. People have so much faith in the system, that everybody will be hedging against "when things get better". Even then "failure of banking" does not have to be universal. Maybe my assets are frozen or…
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Edit: I think that other posters mentioning other practical barter-friendly alternatives to cash have a point (stuff like whiskey or soap)
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If banking fails your dollars are going to be in a world of hurt. Do you invest in gold/silver, too? Unrelated question, what part of TN is your unprotected, cash filled trailer in?
My general expectation is to the contrary. I think people underestimate how psychologically ingrained the dollar is into the american people. Money will still be worth something, maybe not as much as I like, but something. People have so much faith in the system, that everybody will be hedging against "when things get better". Even then "failure of banking" does not have to be universal. Maybe my assets are frozen or…
Work - I'm a consultant/freelancer, so for some things I rely on the client's backup systems and for things that are more my own responsibility, I rely mostly on cloud version control (github, bitbucket), as my work artifacts are mostly code.
I own some land in rural TN, with a winterized trailer and access to spring water. that is backup water and shelter for minimal cost. A person/year of shelf-stable food (not fun, but indefinitely survivable) is about $1000. So if I am smart about it, and fall back gracefully, every $3k-$4k in savings is a year of "backup survival". I still need to make sure I have at least a year's worth of currency in a liquid form…
How far away are you from the nearest large settlement (1000+ people)? This sort of stuff fascinates me, Europe is so densely populated this sort of thing isn't as viable. Possibility to hunt and fish in the region too?
I am right against a TVA lake, which makes for wierd geopolitics. As the crow flys, i am only a mile or so from my nearest neighbors, but between impassible terrain and foliage you have to actually travel 2+ miles. Natural lakes tend to have gentle slopes down to them, but the TVA lakes have many ridges jutting out into the lake and essentially only having 1 access road and cliffs over water on the other 3 sides. Parnoid crazy people like me do tend to like the region because of this. I make a point of spending some time with the neighbours who control the easements, retired vets mostly and they are more than happy to keep and eye on things in exchange for mostly absentee neighbours.
The deer and rabbits are almost at nuisance levels, and like most TVA lakes, the lake has both local fish population and is artificially stocked. Hunters wandering in through the hills or via the lake are my biggest hazard. Sustenance farming+ hunting is common out here.