(easy) backups [HALF SOLVED]

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
>
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Alan Johnson <alan at datdec.com> wrote:
> > Ideally, a backup tool should run on a separate device and
> > pull data from the devices that are to be backed up in a way that only it
> > has access too.
> 
>   If you want to get into ideals, backups should me made to separate
> media which is dismounted and stored offline in a different location.
> One reason is for protection against local disaster -- a fire being
> being the usual example.  The other reason is that any "always
> available" system will have some mode where it is available for
> disasters.

JWZ's `Backups' PSA:

    http://www.jwz.org/doc/backups.html

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