[lug] Backup

[George Sexton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us 
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Bear Giles
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:20 AM
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [lug] Backup
> 
> Daniel Webb wrote:
> > I finished my web page on my attempt at a cheap but very 
> robust backup
> > strategy for a home Linux system, I'd like some criticism 
> of it.  Especially
> > interesting to me would be any worst-case scenarios I'm 
> overlooking, even
> > far-fetched ones.  
> > 
> > http://danielwebb.us/software/backup/
> 
> 1) on-site storage needs to be fire-resistant.  Smoke and 
> steam are your 
> enemy and even a very small fire can destroy media both 
> directly and by 
> coating it with gunk that will foul your drive.
> 
> 
> A "fire safe" should never be used with media.  It works by having a 
> layer with something that absorbs heat... but throws off 
> steam.  That's 
> not a problem for paper, it's death to media.  You would need a much 
> more expensive "media safe".

I picked up a used media safe fairly reasonably. It's the size of a
refrigerator, and weights 1,362 pounds. This particular one is
double-jacketed. When I bought a new house I had to have safe movers come
out and do the job.

We had some free-lance socialists help themselves to some of our stuff, but
they didn't take any computers. At that point I decided a safe to hold
backups was the way to go.
 
George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
http://www.mhsoftware.com/
Voice: 303 438 9585