PSA: backups
Another scorching deployment of common sense from jwz (also, the simplest instructions you will ever see for scheduling daily backups - until Time Machine.)
Me = SuperDuper! daily. No offsite backup though.
I actually have very little irreplaceable stuff on my home 'puter. My email is stored on a bunch of disks in a Google server farm. My music is on three disks, counting backup and iPod. Most of my favorite photos are on Flickr. Etc.
Me = SuperDuper! daily. No offsite backup though.
I actually have very little irreplaceable stuff on my home 'puter. My email is stored on a bunch of disks in a Google server farm. My music is on three disks, counting backup and iPod. Most of my favorite photos are on Flickr. Etc.
Argues that Amazon S3 is cheaper than running your own backup server; others advocate for Dreamhost.
Whoa: $5/month unlimited online backup, and enough big-name partners to make it look legit. (Mac client "by end of 2006", sigh)
Whoa: $5/month unlimited online backup, and enough big-name partners to make it look legit. (Mac client "by end of 2006", sigh)
Allmydata
p2p storage / backup. This is how it should work, not sure if this particular service is the One True Way though.
Cleversafe looks more interesting to me.
p2p storage / backup. This is how it should work, not sure if this particular service is the One True Way though.
Cleversafe looks more interesting to me.
good Slashdot discussion about backup strategies
No seriously. I think most of the trolls etc saw the word "backup" and fell asleep, keeping discussion quality relatively high.
update: other discussions
No seriously. I think most of the trolls etc saw the word "backup" and fell asleep, keeping discussion quality relatively high.
update: other discussions
incremental backup using ftp for OS X
Harder to find than you'd think. There's this: Retrospect Desktop Edition; an Express edition apparently comes bundled with some "backup devices" (hard drives?)
Harder to find than you'd think. There's this: Retrospect Desktop Edition; an Express edition apparently comes bundled with some "backup devices" (hard drives?)
ReadyNAS NV
Apparently the best plug-and-play RAID solution. Not as expensive as I thought, either.
Update: or, build your own for $500. (wait, that's not RAID)
or: Yellow Machine
Apparently the best plug-and-play RAID solution. Not as expensive as I thought, either.
Update: or, build your own for $500. (wait, that's not RAID)
or: Yellow Machine
Use Streamload for big backups
They don't mention on their website, but ftp access is available. For $5 a month you can upload as much as you want. My backup solution has arrived! C'mere prince, gimme a kiss! (Ok, there is a catch ... if you ever need to get at those backups, you'll need to shell out a few hundred bucks to actually be able to download them. But that will never happen surely?)
They don't mention on their website, but ftp access is available. For $5 a month you can upload as much as you want. My backup solution has arrived! C'mere prince, gimme a kiss! (Ok, there is a catch ... if you ever need to get at those backups, you'll need to shell out a few hundred bucks to actually be able to download them. But that will never happen surely?)
want a home RAID box
network storage on the cheap for the home
Ars Technica user recommendations
Build your own SATA raid (for $1000 ... seems pricey)
MacGurus Burly SATA Enclosure Kits and installation guide (also pricey!)
askme thread
network storage on the cheap for the home
Ars Technica user recommendations
Build your own SATA raid (for $1000 ... seems pricey)
MacGurus Burly SATA Enclosure Kits and installation guide (also pricey!)
askme thread
Buffalo TeraStation Terabyte Network Attached Storage
My next hard drive.
My next hard drive.
