[lug] Backup

[Nick Golder]

On 2005-12-22 14:23 -0700, George Sexton wrote:
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> 
> > -----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.
>  

I have to ask...

How much does one of those set a person back and where does one go
searching to find one?

-- 
-Nick Golder