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On 06/29/2010 10:03 AM, Eric Martin wrote: > On 06/29/10 09:41, Jerry Feldman wrote: > =20 >> After Jim Kramer's post I am again considering paying for an online >> backup system. A loghning strike can not only go through a surge >> protector, it can also damage all hard drives connected to a system, s= o >> even if one religiously backs up to another HD, storing the data >> securely offline may be worthwhile and cost effective. The cost of >> recovering data from a damaged hard drive is about $1000 (more or less= >> depending on the damage). >> >> There are a number of online backup services that are Linux friendly a= nd >> secure. The pricing I am using is for home use, not for enterprise use= =2E >> Pricing is approximate. >> (1) Amazon S3 - $0.10/GB per month >> (2) iBackup - $10/Mo for 20GB >> (3) JungleDisk - $2 per mo + storage >> (4) Spider Oak - 2GB free, $10/Mo per 100GB >> (5) SafeCopy - $50/200GB (Their Linux beta program is currently fu= ll). >> >> I'm wondering if we could do a future meeting on Linux Friendly Online= >> Backup solutions, possibly in August. Fo the meeting we could include >> enterprise level solutions. >> =20 > I have two external backup drives that are eSATA, and I run rsnapshot. = > Every week I take $DRIVEA and put it in a firebox that my friend brings= > over from his house, and I take $DRIVEB out of that firebox that came > from his house and attach it to my computer. Worst case scenario: I > loose 1 week's worth of stuff. I'm willing to live with that for the > cost of a $20 firebox, 2 1TB drives and 2 Rosewill eSATA cases. > > =20 That is also a workable solution. Essentially a lightning strike will take out the computer and everything connected to it. --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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