Online/Offsite backups for home Linux systems

[Jerry Feldman]

On 06/29/2010 10:03 AM, Eric Martin wrote:
>  On 06/29/10 09:41, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>  =20
>> After Jim Kramer's post I am again considering paying for an online
>> backup system. A loghning strike can not only go through a surge
>> protector, it can also damage all hard drives connected to a system, s=
o
>> even if one religiously backs up to another HD, storing the data
>> securely offline may be worthwhile and cost effective. The cost of
>> recovering data from a damaged hard drive is about $1000 (more or less=

>> depending on the damage).
>>
>> There are a number of online backup services that are Linux friendly a=
nd
>> secure. The pricing I am using is for home use, not for enterprise use=
=2E
>> Pricing is approximate.
>> (1) Amazon S3    - $0.10/GB per month
>> (2) iBackup        - $10/Mo for 20GB
>> (3) JungleDisk   - $2 per mo + storage
>> (4) Spider Oak  - 2GB free, $10/Mo per 100GB
>> (5) SafeCopy     - $50/200GB (Their Linux beta program is currently fu=
ll).
>>
>> I'm wondering if we could do a future meeting on Linux Friendly Online=

>> Backup solutions, possibly in August. Fo the meeting we could include
>> enterprise level solutions.
>>    =20
> I have two external backup drives that are eSATA, and I run rsnapshot. =

> Every week I take $DRIVEA and put it in a firebox that my friend brings=

> over from his house, and I take $DRIVEB out of that firebox that came
> from his house and attach it to my computer.  Worst case scenario: I
> loose 1 week's worth of stuff.  I'm willing to live with that for the
> cost of a $20 firebox, 2 1TB drives and 2 Rosewill eSATA cases.
>
>  =20
That is also a workable solution. Essentially a lightning strike will
take out the computer and everything connected to it.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
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