I haven't had a chance to try it out but http://www.boxbackup.org/ looks like a pretty cool solution.
--Ben On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Stefan Monnier<monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >> I trust Amazon more than a HD. You're free not to, but I've seen more >> HDs fail than I have Amazons. > > I'm not sure the HD's reliability is much of an issue: you wouldn't want > to backup to a single drive which you bring back home at night, > otherwise, during the day you're at the mercy of a big accident. > So instead you want to have 2 drives (e.g. one at home and one at the > office) which you swap every once in a while (e.g. daily). You'll also > want to replace those drives every once in a while (e.g. every 3 years, > or whenever the backup size grows past the capacity of the drive). > >> Uploading to a remote server is more automated (client doesn't even >> have to *think* about it), and for low amounts of data, is cheaper. > > Agreed. Luckily I have a machine of mine off-site, so I still don't > have to rely on Amazon. Actually, most people have a machine off-site: > one at home and one at the office, so they're both mutually off-site. > > > Stefan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org