Offsite backups for the rest of us?

[Michael Galea]

Sy wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2005 3:03 AM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>>Sy wrote:
>>
>>>I'm not concerned about speed, only safety and functionality.
>>>Subversion seems a bit overblown for this kind of need.  I will look
>>>into some sort of rsync type thingemy.  Although I do kinda want to be
>>>able to plug in a backup device, do some checking, and learn what
>>>files have changed since my last revision.. it would be a valuable
>>>intrusion detection system.
>>
>>Then, why not just copy to CD and leave them with someone?  You can
>>always encrypt the data, if you're worried about security.
> 
> 
> It's the stupidest thing, but I think the best solution is to cart
> around a hard drive every so often and leave it at the office.  That's
> a solution that was staring me in the face..  =)

Thats what I do.  I use a spare drive mounted in one of those removable 
IDE trays.  Every three weeks or so I power down, insert drive, power 
up, image, power down and remove the drive.  And what I get is a 
complete bootable image.  It goes back to work the next day.

> 
> Sometimes I wonder that I'm too used to doing things the hard way.  =/
> 
> I already did some minor looking into USB devices and all that.. but
> nowadays a good distro will support hotplugging usb devices out of the
> box, so I should be good.  I figure a usb enclosure will do what I
> need.. then all I need is some intelligent updating/backup software. 
> Heck, I may break down and make that my first proper ruby project.
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