Re: Back up routines
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 07:12:49PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:48:17 +0100
> AG <computing.account@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello AG,
>
> > Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine
> > that is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can
> > just leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It
> > would be backing up to my former IDE HDD (now in an enclosure) via an
>
> Unsatisfactory, IMO. Any back up should be made to a medium that can be
> removed from the computer and, at the very least, stored in a different
> part of the building.
My favourite for this is JungleDisk. It stores your files on Amazon's S3, and
as a backup program it's half decent. It's not free/libre/open-source, but
it's cheap (US$20), and you get free upgrades for life.
Oh, and S3 storage is cheap. $0.15/GB/mo, plus $0.10/GB upload/download.
I'm backing up about 150MB per day one place for about US$3/month.
Cheers,
--
Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator
Federation of Students
University of Waterloo
p: (519) 888-4567 x36329
e: egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca
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