Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-03 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/3/07, Ankur Rohatgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02-08-07 6:23 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > > how much did that buffalo cost you? > > what's your storage capacity? > > Costed me $700 and since its a RAID 5 array i lose some storage and it > c

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2007-08-03 Thread nkapoor
Fri 3-Aug-2007: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events: 69 = New Discussion forum postings: 0 Total postings: 944

Re: [ilugd] urgent: help promote freed.in on your blog and site with buttons and banners

2007-08-03 Thread Linux Lingam
meanwhile, to keep the focus on the initial mail: please help promote freed.in with banners and buttons from the freed.in site that you may use for your blogs and sites, and please spread the word among other FOSS communities and LUGs across india. thanks :-) niyam ___

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-03 Thread Ankur Rohatgi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02-08-07 6:23 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > how much did that buffalo cost you? > what's your storage capacity? Costed me $700 and since its a RAID 5 array i lose some storage and it comes to about 700 MB. Plus really valuable data like kids videos als

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-03 Thread Ankur Rohatgi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02-08-07 3:37 PM, vivek khurana wrote: > With a price tag close to a lakh, not that simple > though.. I dont know where you do your shopping, i got mine for $700 :). -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuP

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 03-Aug-07, at 3:20 PM, Vipul Mathur wrote: >> just think: Is there no way I can replicate/reconstruct this data if >> it is lost? > > You've got to be kidding. How do you replicate/reconstruct thousands > of photos taken over years, carefully categorized and tagged. Videos > taken on family va

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-03 Thread Vipul Mathur
On 8/3/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this mania for backing up is much worse than the sin of not backing > up at all. Usually when you lose data that has not been backed up, > apart from the initial shock, it turns out to be a very good thing in > the long run. So before spendi