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Long article, so I had to bookmark it for later, but I'm glad this made it to the front page of HN. Digital preservation is important to me.

by mftb 5y ago

rambambram 5y ago
Also bookmarked, but also read 80% of it. The author is talking terabytes of data, but I see some overlap with my own humble 'backup flow' (as I call it). In my case, I'm doing a couple of gigabytes max. I made a distinction between my essential files on one big USB stick (what I need to get going again in case of a broken computer), and the bigger files like audio and pictures on another big USB stick. I also use rsync (mostly) and a mysqldump per database, all nicely in a bash script that I can quickly run but also quickly change. The USB stick is FAT formatted and the contents are not zipped or otherwise compressed. Just plain files as I saw them on my origin computer, easily accessible with other computers than my Ubuntu machines. And the most important part, I can quickly verify the success of the backup with my own eyes. Is that important file also backed up? Yes, it is! I also decided on and implemented a 'backup flow' wherein I: - set up new computers with the least amount of files copied from the previous machine (this is done manually, and usually I take one week in which I gradually transfer the files I need); - just keep all files from the old computers on my backup USB stick, so I have access when I need to and can forget it for the rest; - just backup the new computer to it's own 'root folder' on the USB stick, so old and new computers can have their backups on the same USB stick (gives me more oversight and makes it more portable for me). Just my two cents. I'm very curious how other HN'ers handle their backups!?
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state_less 5y ago
I’m starting to wonder if I’ve had a hobby of collecting information and knowledge this whole time, and just now realized what I’ve been up to. I’m sorry if this sounds like it’s coming out of left field, but I really love you all, for all that you’ve shared with me. Thank you.

Long article, so I had to bookmark it for later, but I'm glad this made it to the front page of HN. Digital preservation is important to me.

by mftb 5y ago

Long article, so I had to bookmark it for later, but I'm glad this made it to the front page of HN. Digital preservation is important to me.

rambambram 5y ago

Also bookmarked, but also read 80% of it. The author is talking terabytes of data, but I see some overlap with my own humble 'backup flow' (as I call it). In my case, I'm doing a couple of gigabytes max. I made a distinction between my essential files on one big USB stick (what I need to get going again in case of a broken computer), and the bigger files like audio and pictures on another big USB stick. I also use rsync (mostly) and a mysqldump per database, all nicely in a bash script that I can quickly run but also quickly change. The USB stick is FAT formatted and the contents are not zipped or otherwise compressed. Just plain files as I saw them on my origin computer, easily accessible with other computers than my Ubuntu machines. And the most important part, I can quickly verify the success of the backup with my own eyes. Is that important file also backed up? Yes, it is! I also decided on and implemented a 'backup flow' wherein I: - set up new computers with the least amount of files copied from the previous machine (this is done manually, and usually I take one week in which I gradually transfer the files I need); - just keep all files from the old computers on my backup USB stick, so I have access when I need to and can forget it for the rest; - just backup the new computer to it's own 'root folder' on the USB stick, so old and new computers can have their backups on the same USB stick (gives me more oversight and makes it more portable for me). Just my two cents. I'm very curious how other HN'ers handle their backups!?

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state_less 5y ago

I’m starting to wonder if I’ve had a hobby of collecting information and knowledge this whole time, and just now realized what I’ve been up to. I’m sorry if this sounds like it’s coming out of left field, but I really love you all, for all that you’ve shared with me. Thank you.