[TriLUG] Online Cloud Offsite Backup

[Matt Pusateri]

tarsnap is built upon AWS.

On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:39 AM, bak 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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