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Thanks! I understand what this service is: free "cloud" backup, no guarantees. I have no problem with the latter part, given the former part. I'll use it accord

by genwin 14y ago

Thanks! I understand what this service is: free "cloud" backup, no guarantees. I have no problem with the latter part, given the former part. I'll use it accordingly and appreciate your gift.

nanch 14y ago
thank you! let me know if you have any problems or suggestions! my email is president@nanch.com
jarek 14y ago
> backup, no guarantees What's the use?
- genwin 14y ago
  It's useful for a secondary or tertiary backup.
  - jarek 14y ago
    If your data is important enough that you want a secondary backup just in case both your main source and your backup are both taken out, you would presumably want it to be a reliable service, not a free hobby service on someone's home cable connection. If your data is not that important, why bother with secondary backup?
    - genwin 14y ago
      Good points. I already have three methods. This would be one more, in the extremely unlikely event that all the others fail. A fourth backup would be overkill if it wasn't free.
      - jarek 14y ago
        I see the reasoning, but I can't help thinking that any event that would disable two or three well-planned backups is also rather likely to disable the fourth - especially if that one comes with no guarantees. I'm thinking that in the event of a major natural cataclysm, societal upheaval, etc, tarbackup.com is not going to be foremost on nanch's mind. I think this service could be most useful for spreading out the risk. For a user outside North America with a backup drive in their house and another backup somewhere else on their continent, adding an extra one in the U.S. might make sense. If your backups are already on S3 in Oregon it's probably realistically less useful.
        genwin 14y ago
        Good points again. I try not to underestimate poor planning on my part. My tertiary backup is an email attachment to myself. Someone might hack my account to make it inaccessible. It's interesting to me that people depend on tarsnap, when it could become inaccessible if something happens to the author. Maybe tarbackup is better since at least it's free.

by genwin 14y ago

Thanks! I understand what this service is: free "cloud" backup, no guarantees. I have no problem with the latter part, given the former part. I'll use it accordingly and appreciate your gift.

nanch 14y ago

thank you! let me know if you have any problems or suggestions! my email is president@nanch.com

jarek 14y ago

> backup, no guarantees What's the use?

genwin 14y ago
It's useful for a secondary or tertiary backup.
- jarek 14y ago
  If your data is important enough that you want a secondary backup just in case both your main source and your backup are both taken out, you would presumably want it to be a reliable service, not a free hobby service on someone's home cable connection. If your data is not that important, why bother with secondary backup?
  - genwin 14y ago
    Good points. I already have three methods. This would be one more, in the extremely unlikely event that all the others fail. A fourth backup would be overkill if it wasn't free.
    - jarek 14y ago
      I see the reasoning, but I can't help thinking that any event that would disable two or three well-planned backups is also rather likely to disable the fourth - especially if that one comes with no guarantees. I'm thinking that in the event of a major natural cataclysm, societal upheaval, etc, tarbackup.com is not going to be foremost on nanch's mind. I think this service could be most useful for spreading out the risk. For a user outside North America with a backup drive in their house and another backup somewhere else on their continent, adding an extra one in the U.S. might make sense. If your backups are already on S3 in Oregon it's probably realistically less useful.
      - genwin 14y ago
        Good points again. I try not to underestimate poor planning on my part. My tertiary backup is an email attachment to myself. Someone might hack my account to make it inaccessible. It's interesting to me that people depend on tarsnap, when it could become inaccessible if something happens to the author. Maybe tarbackup is better since at least it's free.