Comments on: Online Backup Heats Up http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:45:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Brian Moore http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-54199 Brian Moore Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:50:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/#comment-54199 I like (and use) the free version of Mozy. The vital things I need on my work machine are emails and documents, all of which fit in under 2gig. I like (and use) the free version of Mozy. The vital things I need on my work machine are emails and documents, all of which fit in under 2gig.

]]> By: Brian Moore http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-37629 Brian Moore Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:50:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/#comment-37629 I like (and use) the free version of Mozy. The vital things I need on my work machine are emails and documents, all of which fit in under 2gig. I like (and use) the free version of Mozy. The vital things I need on my work machine are emails and documents, all of which fit in under 2gig.

]]> By: CodeMonkeySteve http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-54198 CodeMonkeySteve Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:26:36 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/#comment-54198 <p>I just finished adding off-site backup for my home machines, also through DreamHost. My version uses <a href="http://duplicity.nongnu.org/" rel="nofollow">duplicity</a> to make encrypted, incremental backups of my various machines to a central server (for easy restores). I then use rsync to push it all to DreamHost in the middle of the night (for redundancy). (tip: use --bwlimit to keep it from chewing-up all the network bandwidth)<br></p><br><p><br>It's quite satisfying having a backup system that's automatic, secure, redundant, and universal -- server(s), workstations, even my family's PDAs are all backed-up, and my precious bits can survive any disaster short of a nuclear war (and maybe even that).<br></p> I just finished adding off-site backup for my home machines, also through DreamHost. My version uses duplicity to make encrypted, incremental backups of my various machines to a central server (for easy restores). I then use rsync to push it all to DreamHost in the middle of the night (for redundancy). (tip: use –bwlimit to keep it from chewing-up all the network bandwidth)

It’s quite satisfying having a backup system that’s automatic, secure, redundant, and universal — server(s), workstations, even my family’s PDAs are all backed-up, and my precious bits can survive any disaster short of a nuclear war (and maybe even that).

]]> By: CodeMonkeySteve http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-37628 CodeMonkeySteve Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:26:36 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/19/online-backup-heats-up/#comment-37628 <p>I just finished adding off-site backup for my home machines, also through DreamHost. My version uses <a href='http://duplicity.nongnu.org/' rel="nofollow">duplicity</a> to make encrypted, incremental backups of my various machines to a central server (for easy restores). I then use rsync to push it all to DreamHost in the middle of the night (for redundancy). (tip: use --bwlimit to keep it from chewing-up all the network bandwidth) </p> <p> It's quite satisfying having a backup system that's automatic, secure, redundant, and universal -- server(s), workstations, even my family's PDAs are all backed-up, and my precious bits can survive any disaster short of a nuclear war (and maybe even that). </p> I just finished adding off-site backup for my home machines, also through DreamHost. My version uses duplicity to make encrypted, incremental backups of my various machines to a central server (for easy restores). I then use rsync to push it all to DreamHost in the middle of the night (for redundancy). (tip: use –bwlimit to keep it from chewing-up all the network bandwidth)

It’s quite satisfying having a backup system that’s automatic, secure, redundant, and universal — server(s), workstations, even my family’s PDAs are all backed-up, and my precious bits can survive any disaster short of a nuclear war (and maybe even that).

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