[TriLUG] Online Cloud Offsite Backup

[Clay Stuckey]

Best bet us to get a friend to trade offsite storage with you. Use a  
cheap $100 Linux box and big ext HD usilg encrypted filesystems to  
provide security. This way you are the only one with acces to your  
data. Not perfect but cheap and reasonably safe.  I one thought about  
doing a wireless backbone to a location close by and enclosing my gear  
in a fireproof safe.


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Clay Stuckey
(919) 600-0486
claystuckey at gmail.com

On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:39 AM, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:

> Steve Litt wrote:
>> On Monday 21 December 2009 22:35:45 Keith Woodie wrote:
>>
>>> Is there anybody using an online "rsync" or other type of backup  
>>> at home?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> Just one man's opinion -- I wouldn't be caught dead outsourcing  
>> backup. What
>> if they crash? What if someone breaks in and steals your valuable  
>> and secret
>> data?
>>
>> I use rsync backup at home, but it's on a LAN, not over the net:
>>
>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200609/200609.htm
>>
> Sure, but what if your house burns down? When it comes to data, I like
> the belt and suspenders approach -- use both.
>
> Privacy is a concern. I saw that tarsnap.com thing -- I like it --  
> nice
> and private. My real question is regarding the size and reliability of
> the hardware backing his datastore.
>
> With rsync.net, the judicious use of encfs --reverse can help  
> alleviate
> privacy/secrecy concerns.
>
> --bak
>
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