[GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

[Steve Petrie, P.Eng.]

Please see below.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Galea via talk" <talk at gtalug.org>
To: <talk at gtalug.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and 
Recommended Backup Software)


> On 02/02/17 16:54, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:
>> On 2017-02-02 03:32 PM, znoteer--- via talk wrote:
>>>
>>> Interesting idea to store a backup in a postal outlet.
>>
>> CP likely has the right to remove anything from a box that they 
>> suspect
>> is being stored, so I wouldn't rely on this.
>>
> A standard 5" hard drive just fits into the smallest safety deposit 
> box at my local bank, so that's what I use.  This runs me ~$40 a year, 
> but I have other stuff I have to store there anyway so its costless.
>

Certainly a bank SDB is a far more secure and safe storage facility, 
than a Postal Outlet P.O. Box.

I suppose it depends on how often one swaps the off-site backup. I swap 
mine three (3) or more times a week, and I don't relish the idea of 
going though the linup, signature, etc. rigamarole at my bank, so often.

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