[Digikam-users] Re: On backing up

[Gerard Milhaud]

Le 23/02/2011 15:50, DIL23 a écrit :

Dropbox is another possibility. 2Gb free at registration and up to 10Gb 
with the invitation mechanism.
9,99€/month for 50GB.
Linux, MacOS, Windows.
No operation needed for sync local data with dropbox cloud and other 
computer you use with dropbox installed...

G.
> I use Perfect Backup -- http://www.perfectbackup.co.uk/
>
> there's a free 1Gb account (which I use) and you can buy bigger ones.
>
> seems very good to me! backups can be automated&  easy to get files back (even
> previous versions)&  runs on Linux
>
> DIL23
> :)
>
> On Wednesday 23 Feb 2011 14:27:03 Stedtlund wrote:
>    
>> I don't know if you consider it attractice prize wize or comparable:
>> https://spideroak.com/
>>
>> I use the free 2GB for documents and such. Not images though.
>>
>> Works under Linux .
>>
>> /Anders
>>
>> 2011/2/23 Gilles Caulier<caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
>>      
>>> I'm just interrested by this post.
>>>
>>> Carbonite service
>>> http://www.carbonite.com/en/online-backup-software/how-it-works
>>>
>>> is not too expensive : 54$ per computer... but for which capacity in Gb
>>> ???
>>>
>>> Of course, service do not work under Linux, as usual (i'm sure that
>>> Linux is used in background by Carbonite)
>>>
>>> Somebody know an alternative, working under Linux, with attractive prize
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> 2011/2/23 Paul Verizzo<paulv at paulv.net>:
>>>        
>>>> Having almost lost a big box of photos to a fire in 1988, and many hard
>>>> drives dying over the years, call me paranoid.  Pardon me if I weigh in
>>>> on this somewhat off topic topic, but it is a passion of mine.  While my
>>>> experiences and practices are for Windows, surely the open source
>>>> community has similar options.
>>>>
>>>> Backing up once a month is fine if  you don't shoot anything in a
>>>> month!  Anytime I off load a camera to the computer, it gets backed up
>>>> right away.  /You hard drive WILL fail.  Maybe not tomorrow, but
>>>> eventually!  /And I don't erase the camera card until those new images
>>>> are in a third location.
>>>>
>>>> I have a second drive on the computer for backups.  I just saw several
>>>> local vendors selling 2 TB USB drives for $100.  Cost is no longer an
>>>> issue.  I use a simple command box program called xxcopy.  A few
>>>> keystrokes, off it goes.  I can either merely add new material (/bu) or
>>>> clone the second drive to mirror the first (/clone).
>>>>
>>>> Once upon a time I kept a hard drive in my car and I would clone it at
>>>> least twice a month -  if I remembered!.
>>>>
>>>> For over a year I've been using Carbonite service.  For $55/year,
>>>> unlimited storage, automatic backing up, and off site retrieval.
>>>> Usually in minutes, my new images are WAY off site.  OK, now I can erase
>>>> the camera card.  One time I very accidentally erased, yes, my photo
>>>> folder from both my primary and secondary hard drives while cleaning
>>>> things up!   In twelve hours it was all restored from Carbonite.  It's
>>>> not just fire or hard ware failure, there is the human component.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe there is a Linux equivalent of Carbonite, or you can use your own
>>>> web hosting space to hold the back up.
>>>>
>>>> When I went on vacation this month, I took my second hard drive to my
>>>> sister's in a plastic food box.  My house could burn down (see opening
>>>> sentence) and I would still have two copies of everything.  If I were to
>>>> ever lose all my (digital, there are still analog) photos, and my
>>>> writings, I think I'd shoot myself.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this possibly saves a disaster for someone.  Short of nuclear
>>>> demolition, I think my photos are safe.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
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