On 2009-07-27_17:55:18, Eric Gerlach wrote: > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 07:12:49PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:48:17 +0100 > > AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello AG, > > > > > Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine > > > that is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can > > > just leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It > > > would be backing up to my former IDE HDD (now in an enclosure) via an > > > > Unsatisfactory, IMO. Any back up should be made to a medium that can be > > removed from the computer and, at the very least, stored in a different > > part of the building. > > My favourite for this is JungleDisk. It stores your files on Amazon's S3, and > as a backup program it's half decent. It's not free/libre/open-source, but > it's cheap (US$20), and you get free upgrades for life. > > Oh, and S3 storage is cheap. $0.15/GB/mo, plus $0.10/GB upload/download. > > I'm backing up about 150MB per day one place for about US$3/month.
I was in a local computer store near Boulder, CO a few days ago. They are selling IDE disk drives, any size, for $0.25/GB. SATA are even cheaper. So, after just 2mo it would be cheaper to buy than to rent. Renting is easier, but I wonder how long the web based services will be in business. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org