On Aug 16, 2011, at 3:03 AM, Leigh Porter wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bryan Irvine [mailto:sparcta...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 15 August 2011 17:42 >> To: Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) >> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: How long is your rack? >> >> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) >> <lyn...@orthanc.ca> wrote: >>> I hope someone will explain the operational relevance >>> of this ... >>> >>> Sun V100 FreeBSD firewall/border gateway >>> Sun V100 Plan 9 kernel porting test bed >>> Sun V100 OpenBSD build/test/port box >>> Intel 8-core Solaris fileserver and zones host >>> AMDx4 Random OS workstation crash box >>> Epia-EK Plan 9 terminal >>> MacBook x Snow Leopard build/test host >>> Intel-mumble-ITX Win2K8.2 development host >>> Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 File server >>> Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 CPU/Auth server >>> Sun V100 Oracle (blech) new-Solaris test/porting box >>> Sun V100 crashbox for *BSD firewall failover tests >>> Sun V100 *BSD ham radio stuff, plus Plan9 terminal >>> kernal testing. >> >> OK, you've piqued my interest. What use have you found for Plan 9? >> > > How do you guys find time for all this? I used to have a couple of racks of > boxes in the basement, then I got married, had three kids and started a > Theology PhD program.. Now anything I do at home is purely practical. > > I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze > account and using Randy's fantastic sync thing that he mentioned. I really do > not want 18 months of research to vanish. > > > -- > Leigh Porter >
One thing about Backblaze is they don't have redundant sites. They have only one facility so if a giant meteor takes it out your data is gone. Amazon's S3 is the way to go for data that matters. Greg
