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I just tar stuff up on linux. $ tar -c /home/blah >backup.tar
Then bzip2 it for space.
I haven't backed anything up on the Mac yet. Although all my email is Gmail now, and all my documents are done on Google Docs & Spreadsheets, and my Firefox is synchronised with the Google bookmarks thing. Huh, Google appear to own my online life.
I also use Synchronize Pro on the Mac when I'm working on projects across multiple machines and want to keep my data in some sort of order.
Copy all data, plus application data to DVD (basically - the "My Name" folder) periodically.
Copy all data, plus application data to DVD (basically - the "My Name" folder) periodically.
I used to do that, but since I'm now sitting on close to 1 TB of local storage on my main machine I've switched over to hard drive archives and backups. Currently I connect a 500 GB hard drive to my router and as projects finish they get copied to that drive. When the drive is full, I clone it, label the contents, and drop both drives on a shelf. It's actually proved to be pretty economical as the last 500 GB drive I picked up was $119.
Yeah, but I don't have the level of data you do. Most of my work is text, with occasional still graphics. ita may need a setup closer to what you have.
I could possibly break mine into DVD sized chunks for now. I should probably do that while I waffle about how to get both machines totally backed up.
I wonder how well punch cards would work as a backup....
If ND wanted to back up 1 TB of storage, he'd need 13,743,895,347 cards. If it takes one second to punch each card, that'd take about 435 years to do a backup. Assuming 1000 cards per cubic foot, it would take 3436 rooms (10x20x20 ft) to store all the cards.
I wonder how much of the annoying punch card mini-confetti there would be.
I'm actually considering going back through my current DVD archives and switching them over to hard drives. Right now it's a filing cabinet drawer that is pretty full of DVD's and CD backups. I need to go through at least a third of them because I used Retrospect as a backup program for a few years and I don't use it any longer and I'm paranoid about it going off the market at some point or losing compatibility.
I wonder how much of the annoying punch card mini-confetti there would be.
What about the hanging chads?!?