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Not very happy with this but I have 2 (1T) hard drives which I mirror via rsync and back up on those. I have 1 (1T) hard drive at work, to have an off-site bac

by geekam 12y ago

Not very happy with this but I have 2 (1T) hard drives which I mirror via rsync and back up on those. I have 1 (1T) hard drive at work, to have an off-site backup. Plan to use Arq for important files to back on Glacier. I'd change the two hard drive system to a 4 bay RAID setup using Synology etc. ---- I was thinking of buying Drobo but I guess I was always scared of their "secret sauce" and getting stuck with recovery if anything happened to it.

ja27 12y ago
That's similar to what I do. I have a pair of 2TB bare SATA drives that I rotate offsite. I got two different brands to try to minimize the possibilities of them both failing at nearly the same time. I used to use Synctoy on Windows to back up to them but now it's either cp or rsync from my MacBook. I do need to do this more often and I really should upgrade to bigger drives now, but they hold the stuff I'm most worried about losing. What I'm most worried about is if my original source files got corrupted, I don't want to back them up over top of good copies. I've tried online backup services and was really disappointed by the throughput. I think it took me nearly 5 months to do an initial backup on Crashplan and that didn't even include my photo archive, VMWare images, etc. I've tried using services like Flickr as photo backup but the retrieval process is brutal. There's no good way to bulk retrieve photos from them. I do use Dropbox to sort of back up anything I'm currently working on but they don't retain history past 30 days without paying for Packrat. Plus I've soured on them due to privacy concerns. I do use BitBucket for almost all of my source code and I've been pretty happy with it. I do use Time Machine on an old 1TB drive for my main system (MacBook Pro) and that's actually been pretty damn good. The handful of times I've needed to recover a file lately, I've been able to get it from Time Machine in a couple minutes with little hassle. I do need to get a newer, bigger drive for that sometime.
- geekam 12y ago
  >> I got two different brands to try to minimize the possibilities of them both failing at nearly the same time. Wow! I forgot to mention but I do this too! Thank you! My wife has called me paranoid of the highest order and now I can point to this comment and feel better that I am not the only one. >> I've tried online backup services and was really disappointed by the throughput Yes. I have been disappointed with all of these services. >> Flickr as photo backup but the retrieval process is brutal. Yes. I tried apps like Flickery etc but it is just not worth it. >> I do use Dropbox Nice idea. I have some files on it but I only use Dropbox (the free version) for files that I need on-the-go for anywhere-access. >> I do use BitBucket for almost all of my source code and I've been pretty happy with it. Same here. Bitbucket for some private random experiments and projects, Github for things that I don't care about. >> I do use Time Machine on an old 1TB Actually, Time Machine is the only decent backup utility I have ever found. Ever. The ease of use is just mind-blowing. I remember more than a decade ago, when my only chance was to wipe out the system and reinstall the OS or to keep a partition or separate drive for home/data. And with newer OSX, Time Machine can back up to as many drives as you want, which makes it easy for me to take actual direct backups on multiple drives. On top of it, privacy is such a big concern. Then, it usually becomes a pain. I tried https://www.aerofs.com/ https://www.aerofs.com/ too but then left it because it was too buggy. I will have to try it again.

by geekam 12y ago

ja27 12y ago

That's similar to what I do. I have a pair of 2TB bare SATA drives that I rotate offsite. I got two different brands to try to minimize the possibilities of them both failing at nearly the same time. I used to use Synctoy on Windows to back up to them but now it's either cp or rsync from my MacBook. I do need to do this more often and I really should upgrade to bigger drives now, but they hold the stuff I'm most worried about losing. What I'm most worried about is if my original source files got corrupted, I don't want to back them up over top of good copies. I've tried online backup services and was really disappointed by the throughput. I think it took me nearly 5 months to do an initial backup on Crashplan and that didn't even include my photo archive, VMWare images, etc. I've tried using services like Flickr as photo backup but the retrieval process is brutal. There's no good way to bulk retrieve photos from them. I do use Dropbox to sort of back up anything I'm currently working on but they don't retain history past 30 days without paying for Packrat. Plus I've soured on them due to privacy concerns. I do use BitBucket for almost all of my source code and I've been pretty happy with it. I do use Time Machine on an old 1TB drive for my main system (MacBook Pro) and that's actually been pretty damn good. The handful of times I've needed to recover a file lately, I've been able to get it from Time Machine in a couple minutes with little hassle. I do need to get a newer, bigger drive for that sometime.

geekam 12y ago
>> I got two different brands to try to minimize the possibilities of them both failing at nearly the same time. Wow! I forgot to mention but I do this too! Thank you! My wife has called me paranoid of the highest order and now I can point to this comment and feel better that I am not the only one. >> I've tried online backup services and was really disappointed by the throughput Yes. I have been disappointed with all of these services. >> Flickr as photo backup but the retrieval process is brutal. Yes. I tried apps like Flickery etc but it is just not worth it. >> I do use Dropbox Nice idea. I have some files on it but I only use Dropbox (the free version) for files that I need on-the-go for anywhere-access. >> I do use BitBucket for almost all of my source code and I've been pretty happy with it. Same here. Bitbucket for some private random experiments and projects, Github for things that I don't care about. >> I do use Time Machine on an old 1TB Actually, Time Machine is the only decent backup utility I have ever found. Ever. The ease of use is just mind-blowing. I remember more than a decade ago, when my only chance was to wipe out the system and reinstall the OS or to keep a partition or separate drive for home/data. And with newer OSX, Time Machine can back up to as many drives as you want, which makes it easy for me to take actual direct backups on multiple drives. On top of it, privacy is such a big concern. Then, it usually becomes a pain. I tried https://www.aerofs.com/ https://www.aerofs.com/ too but then left it because it was too buggy. I will have to try it again.