[Discuss] Backing up LVM partitions using snapshots

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

> The bottom line is that there is no backup medium that is safe.. All
> media degrade over time. A local RAID is good, but one lightning strike
> of other glitch can render the drives dead. A cloud is probably the best
> solution since it is actively managed, but you have to trust the cloud
> provider, (1) to maintain the integrity of your data, and (2) the
> security of your data.

The "two backups" rule address issue #1, yea, I know, even double
redundancy will fail eventually. Life is risk.

http://www.mohawksoft.org/?q=node/83

As for item #2, I actually take care of that. By compressing and
encrypting PRIOR to uploading to the cloud, there's no way any interested
party can see your data without your password in a reasonable amount of
time given the current level of computing power.

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