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2023-02-03 Thread David Brownlee via cctalk
On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 11:54, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-02-02 04:38, David Brownlee wrote: > > > That reminds me (looks at 43.5T of zfs pool that has not had a scrub > > since 2021). > > > > It can be nice to have a filesystem which handles redundancy and also > > the

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2023-02-02 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:54 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2023-02-02 04:38, David Brownlee wrote: > > > So, what else do you guys use, to make sure your data is safe for the > > years to come? > I wanted to note a story about AWS: I used to be heavy into

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2023-02-02 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 2/2/23 4:28 PM, Jim Brain wrote: Hmm, I'd be happy to do a Zoom call to show folks.  Git can be complicated, but the simpler items are easy and using the command line git connected to a github/bitbucket/gitlab repo and a simple git push and all your local data/files under control are

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2023-02-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:53 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 2/2/2023 6:39 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > Hi Jim. > > > > I'd be down for that. It would also be an opportunity to socialize a > > little bit. I don't believe we've ever had an

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2023-02-02 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 2/2/2023 6:39 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:28 PM Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: I've tried a few times to make sense of how GitHub works but I gave up. It's a mess. Sellam Hmm, I'd be happy to do a Zoom call to show folks. Git can be complicated, but the

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2023-02-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:28 PM Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > > I've tried a few times to make sense of how GitHub works but I gave up. > > It's a mess. > > > > Sellam > > Hmm, I'd be happy to do a Zoom call to show folks. Git can be > complicated, but the simpler items are easy and using the

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2023-02-02 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 2/2/2023 1:47 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:26 AM Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: I've also seen a work style where everything is pushed to github when "finished", but github storage limits are small and the interface is awkward

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2023-02-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:26 AM Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I've also seen a work style where everything is pushed to github when > "finished", but github storage limits are small and the interface is > awkward to me. > I've tried a few times to make sense of

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2023-02-02 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-02-02 8:27 a.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: I do many backups on blu-ray DVD's, the theory is if they start to go bad, maybe partial recovery of important files will be possible due to having many copies on DVD. This is getting a bit difficult as the amount of stuff to be backed up

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2023-02-02 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 2/2/2023 3:54 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: So, what else do you guys use, to make sure your data is safe for the years to come? I maintain a large SVN repository, which also serves as the backing store for my website. I rely on the backup policies at DreamHost, but I also keep

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2023-02-02 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
I have a Synology 4-bay san that has 4 2-tb drives in a raid stripe. I backup to that. I do convert software cd’s and dvd to .iso and floppies to .img and copy the results to the san. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 2, 2023, at 07:27, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > On 2/2/23 05:54, emanuel

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2023-02-02 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 2/2/23 05:54, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: On 2023-02-02 04:38, David Brownlee wrote: > That reminds me (looks at 43.5T of zfs pool that has not had a scrub > since 2021). > > It can be nice to have a filesystem which handles redundancy and also > the option to occasionally read all

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2023-02-02 Thread Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
> So, what else do you guys use, to make sure your data is safe for the > years to come? ZFS and redundant copies of important stuff, plus backups on media that's likely to be readable in 10 years (meaning the drives must still work/be available, too!) Anything that's appropriate to have on a