Using a USB thumb drive for backups?
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From: isw on 19 Dec 2009 13:23 In article <00a56233$0$1566$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <vilain-E6BE47.23245818122009(a)news.individual.net>, > Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > > > For someone who's not so sensitive to such things, Dropbox might be OK. > > If this technically unsophisticated user can't be trained to take care > > of themselves and their data, they need to hire someone to make sure it > > gets done. It would be irresponsible to do anything else. > > ... and anyway, her machine can be set up with rsync and cron to back > stuff up every couple of hours. Dropbox actually sounds scary. All your > stuff are belong to us. I agree completely. I want my stuff on *my* servers where *I* can get it -- or more importantly, destroy it -- whenever *I* want to. Isaac
From: isw on 19 Dec 2009 13:25 In article <191220090051441076%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <isw-C0CD34.21281918122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw > <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > I wonder why no one has addressed this. And if one is only talking about a > > > handful of files (especially infrequently), what's the advantage of using > > > "backup" software over simply drag-and-dropping copies? > > > > It's on the Mac of a barely-capable user who works with critical > > (financial) data (she understands the finances; just not the computer), > > and so absolutely cannot be trusted to do any backing up in a reliable > > fashion. The backup app launches at login, and runs continuously, waking > > up once a week to copy the folders I told it to copy. > > the perfect candidate for time machine. On a G4 mini, which can't run Leopard because it has to run some legacy "Classic" apps. And there's no chance the user could handle SheepShaver. Isaac
From: nospam on 19 Dec 2009 14:00 In article <isw-B7459D.10253819122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > On a G4 mini, which can't run Leopard because it has to run some legacy > "Classic" apps. And there's no chance the user could handle SheepShaver. which ones? is there really no osx native replacement?
From: Tim Murray on 19 Dec 2009 15:29 nospam wrote: > In article <fmoore-239A0D.11021219122009(a)feeder.eternal-september.org>, > Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > >> Care to back your opinions up with facts? A Google search supports >> everything Tim and I said. > > cites? Simply search for "flash memory" followed by any word such as lifespan, cycles, destructive, et al. > > memory circuits don't spark and nothing is vaporized. I didn't say memory circuits spark; I said connections spark, and they do, and then I said the flashing circuit in a thumb drive is destructive. They call it flash because of the way they are erased, which is to drive current -- a lot of it, actually -- through a wall of insulation. At the particle level it's a very violent process, and it's damaged just a bit with every read and write.
From: Warren Oates on 19 Dec 2009 15:59
In article <isw-919C56.10235519122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > I agree completely. I want my stuff on *my* servers where *I* can get it > -- or more importantly, destroy it -- whenever *I* want to. On the other hand, Wuala seems maybe secure -- your data is encrypted before it goes, or something. http://www.wuala.com/ -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer |