On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 09:51:30AM +0200, Thomas Steffen wrote: > On 10/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I can use small CD-R but they only hold 175 MB. Full-size CDs don't fit > >in the bank's box. > > How about this: > > * use DVD+R for backup > * encrypt the backup > * store in two separate places (and different media types)
DVDs don't fit in the bank's box either. I would also have to verify that a DVD that I burn could be read by any generic computer. Also, since I'd need a couple of DVDs I'll unlikely to want to spend a couple of dollars a day. There's also the long-term longevety of the media e.g. scratches and fading. > > That should probably be safer than the bank box, and you get a lot more > space. > My best choice for primary off-site backup is the bank's box, along with our other important documents. Secondary off-site backup (only updated when something majorly important is added) is with family in another part of the country, via snail-mail. This secondary kind of stuff, the absolutley essential stuff, fits on a floppy, so will fit on a USB and CD. I currently send floppy and CD; when the new computer is up (I'll have USB for the first time), I'll send USB stick. Any comment on shelf-life data-reliability of a USB stick? > Concerning the software: I can imagine how to do in several steps > (tar, encrypt, burn), but I have no idea whether you can do it in one > convenient step. In my experience it is important that creating the > backup is reasonably convenient, because tedious backups tend not to > get done very often :-) > What I have been doing is having a script make the backup tar.bz2 and plain-text files, then manually copying to either ZIP or CD-R. Zips are fast and easy, CD-Rs less so. I don't encrypt the backup but rely on physical security. Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
