Related: I've got my Synology set up to periodically write things to Amazon Glacier, which is kind of awesome for low-cost "in case the building burns down" backup-backup storage.
--justin On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Matt Ryan <mr...@getjive.com> wrote: > Just a quick note on backup - be sure you are clear on whether you want to > recover some number of previous versions of a file or if you only want to > recover the most recently changed version. > > Rolling your own and syncing to a NAS or remote store is pretty easy if you > only want the most recently changed version. If you want to recover prior > versions, well, that's why people charge for backup and recovery, so if you > want to try to roll your own here, be prepared. When I first started > working at Mozy it really opened my eyes on how complex something that > seems so simple can become. > > Also keep in mind that something like Drobo is only good for certain kinds > of backup (e.g. recovering a file when a drive crashes). It won't do you > any good if you are trying to recover old tax documents because the > building caught on fire because your backup copy got hosed along with the > original. > > That being said, I wonder if you couldn't accomplish this with a basic NAS > and Git or SVN. A watcher script could automatically check in new versions > of a file when they change. Of course, if you have 4 TB of data, just > keeping track of the state of all the files is a non-trivial task in > itself. > > -- > Matt Ryan > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- http://justinhileman.com /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
