Re: 802.11n Recommendations

2010-01-18 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 18 Jan 2010, at 00:09, Doran L. Fozz Barton wrote: On Sunday 17 January 2010, Jonathan Duncan proclaimed: Apple Airport Extreme Base Station. I haven't messed with Airports for a while now, but when I did, they were an absolute PITA to configure. No web-based configuration option and I

photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel C.
I've started taking a lot of photographs recently, and I'd like to have a place to back them up. I'm considering a few things: - An external USB drive. The computer I use to process them is a laptop, so if I don't want to set up a file server it's got to be USB. Doesn't have to be powered via

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Jeff Schroeder
Daniel: Does anyone have other ideas? How about a USB thumb drive? Much more portable than a full USB-connected hard drive, and these days you can get a 32GB thumb drive pretty cheap-- probably cheaper than a USB enclosure and a platter drive. If your photos are 5MB on average, you could

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jeff Schroeder j...@zingstudios.com wrote: How about a USB thumb drive?  Much more portable than a full USB-connected hard drive, and these days you can get a 32GB thumb drive pretty cheap-- probably cheaper than a USB enclosure and a platter drive.  If your

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Jonathan Duncan jonat...@bluesunhosting.com wrote: Picasa is an excellent solution, but the backup is online and you need to pay for a subscription if are storing more than a couple of GB.  They have a Linux version of their software:  

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Doran L. Barton
On Monday 18 January 2010 15:32:43 Daniel C. wrote: Does anyone have other ideas? I have a file server in my house that stores everything on a redundant array of drives. Based on your criteria,. you may want to consider a 2.5-inch USB drive. These laptop drives can be powered by the USB bus,

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 18 Jan 2010, at 15:43, Daniel C. wrote: On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Jonathan Duncan jonat...@bluesunhosting.com wrote: Picasa is an excellent solution, but the backup is online and you need to pay for a subscription if are storing more than a couple of GB. They have a Linux

Poignant word about backing data up...

2010-01-18 Thread Scott Jones
Some of you who read Linux Journal may be aware of Shawn Powers, Editor and his tech-tip videos. He lost his home yesterday to a terrible fire. His family survived, but none of his pets. I am betting, but can't yet confirm, that his DATA was backed up locally, as well as offsite. Daniel

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Jonathan Duncan jonat...@bluesunhosting.com wrote: Mozy is decent, but slow. Time Machine is great (but only for Mac users). rsync is brilliant. I really like rsnapshot. Uses rsync and it's wicked, wicked easy. Gabe /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

Re: photo backup solution?

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Gabriel Gunderson g...@gundy.org wrote: I really like rsnapshot.  Uses rsync and it's wicked, wicked easy. That looks like a good program, but I don't really need automatic backup software. Since I import photos all at once, I back them all up at the same time.