Thanks for the backup reminder; mine was badly out-of-date.
I found this one link you provided particularly useful
(
http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html):
> "If you're using Linux, it's something a lot like that. If you're
using Windows, go fuck yourself."
So, if you just happen to be running one of those O/S's that comprise +85%
of the world's desktops, I would like to mention an excellent Freeware
utility for Windows backups and synchronization (completely free; free does
exist outside of the OpenSource community in Windows).
The product is called SyncBack
(www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html). It well designed, easy
to use, and has all the options you would expect for a backup-feature-set
(in addition to the 'normal' backup mediums, it support backing up to a ZIP
file, transferring via FTP sites, Network Shares, etc...). One of it's more
powerful features is that of profiles - you can create different profiles
for different types of data.
My biggest risk right now is no complete offsite backup. I am looking at
some different options.
Curtis
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Sent: September 29, 2007 11:43 PM
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Subject: backup your data
A while ago I wrote about my backup scheme [1]; briefly: keep everything in
one master space and rsync it regularly to an external USB drive, then swap
that USB drive out once in a while for another one that you keep offsite.
jwz just wrote something that recommends doing the same, but his version is
more entertaining.
http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html
I thought I would take this opportunity to remind others to back up their
data: it's very cheap and easy to do this external USB drive thing, and if
you don't keep backups you'll regret it one day.
For those of you with web sites hosted on my server, note that your data is
NOT backed up anywhere; if you don't back it up yourself, it's just a matter
of time until it's all lost.
I could easily back it up along with my stuff, but I don't want to be
responsible for your data because I would feel terrible if I lost it
somehow.
I have asked some of you about backups in the past and a few of you have
said you're not worried about backups because you have extra copies of the
photos on CD or something. But all the effort you put into labelling and
categorizing them would be lost, and for most of us that's a non-trivial
time investment.
[1]
http://impressive.net/archives/fogo/[email protected]
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