[Cialug] Lots 'o questions....

[Josh More]

Since we're on the subject, I just wanted to mention that anyone using
DreamHost for hosting their website gets 50Gb offsite rsync-based backup
as part of the hosting deal.  I don't know if other hosters are doing
that or not, but it's quickly getting to the point where there's no
excuse not to have an offsite backup.



-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
 515-245-7701

>>> Zachary Kotlarek <zach at kotlarek.com> 01/15/09 4:17 PM >>>

On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:56 PM, ewenix at raccoon.com wrote:

>
>> 1.) Pull 'n go in an emergency.  You know, the house is burning  
>> down and I
>> have time to grab...one drive tray from the server.  If I pull out  
>> one of
>> the two raid drives and my house goes up in flames, can I just  
>> stick the
>> drive in another computer later as a single drive and get my files  
>> back?
>
> Does this mean you don't have a DR site
> set up AND do not plan to do backups? ;-)
> You really live life on the edge my friend......


Maybe he uploads his media files via bittorrent and lets the world  
mirror them. ;-)

That said, I don't think he's alone if not backing up all his media  
files off-site -- since the data isn't original the most cost  
effective data accessibility plan may be "buy it again" as opposed to  
"maintain off-site backups", particularly if the media itself is  
insurable.

	Zach