[GLLUG] Network storage question

[Chris Fritz]

If you want to back up remotely and have a decent Internet connection,
CrashPlan <http://www.crashplan.com/> is a multi-platform (even Solaris!)
commercial product that's free as long as you don't want to back up to
their servers. They do client-side encryption and I just use it to keep a
backup of my home stuff at work and my work stuff at home. Very pain-free
to set up and works automatically, as opposed to hauling around tape
drives. I would do the initial backup on-site (otherwise the 2-4 TB could
take a really long time!), then the incremental backups will be much
faster. If you want to take advantage of file versioning, I would recommend
at least 10 GB of backup storage (more if you have large files that are
changing frequently).

Chris

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Mike Szumlinski <szumlins at mac.com> wrote:

> I actually do both for my business.  My production data needs are modest,
> so I have a 1TB firewire drive offsite connected to an old server that I
> sync to every couple of hours.  I can see that system and the data at any
> time (albeit slowly) and it is about 15 miles away from me, so baring
> something crazy in the world of natural disasters in Michigan, I'm probably
> ok.
>
> I also have a tape library that I do a weekly full backup of and rotate
> tapes.  These are moved to a different location with the hope that I'll
> never have to use them, but having the data in two places beyond production
> makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
>
> -Mike
>
> On May 15, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Clay Dowling wrote:
>
> > On 5/15/12 6:03 AM, Bert W. Carrier Jr. wrote:
> >> Should I use tape drive backups every week and store them off site?
> > This often makes people feel more comfortable, and if sending tapes
> > offsite makes you feel comfortable, I'm all for doing things that feel
> good.
> >
> > It won't back up your data though.  Unless you test your backups
> > rigorously, and actually do the occasional test restore, it's almost
> > assured that within a few months you'll be sending off hopelessly
> > corrupted tapes which at best make interesting pistol targets, and at
> > worst give you a false sense of security about your data.
> >
> > You might talk to some of our list members about setting up offsite hot
> > backup.  I know that both Stan Mortel and Jeff Lawton offer it as a
> service.
> >
> > Clay
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