tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post8714941649653320380..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Do you have data on your computer that you care about?Borepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-26267359046273012942016-08-13T23:16:13.122-04:002016-08-13T23:16:13.122-04:00If you care about your data there are three things...If you care about your data there are three things:<br />* Use Linux or BSD<br />* Use ZFS snapshots and replication (I never thought it was possible for a man to fall in love with a filesystem)<br />* Use tarsnap<br /><br />I had 4 out of 6 drives fail within 72 hours of each other. Never lost one bit of data.Aaron C. de Bruynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898305272010592221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-23100615483449645752016-08-12T20:08:12.276-04:002016-08-12T20:08:12.276-04:00What do you guys use as a storage medium?
I just ...<b>What do you guys use as a storage medium?</b><br /><br />I just use a 500 GB Toshiba USB solid-state drive, similar to this one:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Basics-Portable-HDTB205XK3AA/dp/B005J7YCHGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-71648353698339074952016-08-12T17:25:03.491-04:002016-08-12T17:25:03.491-04:00Yep, I do daily incremental backups, and a weekly ...Yep, I do daily incremental backups, and a weekly full backup.<br /><br />What do you guys use as a storage medium? I have a couple of dedicated hard drives that are ONLY used for the backups.<br /><br />And yes, I've done a restore from bare metal just to make sure I know how to do it.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-12151612869428076542016-08-12T12:58:10.902-04:002016-08-12T12:58:10.902-04:00Thanks for the link, my friend!
That rant was the...Thanks for the link, my friend!<br /><br />That rant was the manifestation of several conversations with users over the last couple of, well, I guess months, and everything I wished I could get away with telling them, exactly how I wish I could tell them. I probably could, if I put it in not quite so blunt terms, but I was and am not sure if I'd want to risk it. My position is as much customer service as it is technical support, so I don't have as much leeway to say things as I often wished I did. Yay for blogs, amirite? :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com