(easy) backups [HALF SOLVED]

[Drew Van Zandt]

Indeed, I have just such an arrangement with Jim Van Zandt.  We exchanged
hard drives initially; rsync over ssh now.

--DTVZ

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:34 PM, John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:

> A proper personal backup system should include both disk duplication
> and archives.
>
> JWZ's procedure is good for the disk duplication part, assuming you're
> only backing up one personal machine. It doesn't obviate the need for
> an archiving strategy as well.
>
> Something like rsnapshot or BackupPC is good for that. For an offsite
> component, one approach that might work is to pair up with a friend,
> where you both run shared backup servers. You back your laptop to
> your local server, and have it sync itself with your friend's server to
> store
> an offsite copy, and he does the same in reverse, using your server for
> his offsite copy.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> <rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:
> > 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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