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Subject: Re: [AE] Non cloud backup solutions for solo freelancers?
From: Py Fave <pyfave@gmail.com>
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for your own personal cloud ,
you can easily setup an old machine with some linux
(lubuntu ie ) , and owncloud .

it's mature now and you have imho something more futureproof

or freenas with a bunch of drives in zfs is a nice solution too,
it can handle backups more often

perhaps i'm off topic ,though


2013/11/18 Mel Matsuoka <melmatsuoka@gmail.com>:
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Without spending thousands more for a double bay drive, we haven't found =
an
> easy way to create duplicate copies of the tapes. What we do now is
> cumbersome.
>
>
>
> In lieu of buying an expensive tape library or auto-loader system, I use =
a
> form of hybrid redundancy with my LTO5 archiving workflow, where for each
> set of data, I back it up to an LTO5 tape, as well as at least one bare,
> zero-filled SATA drive. I even take things further by protecting the bare
> drive directories using a tool like Disk Drill =93Recovery Vault" or Tech=
Tool
> Pro Directory Backup, so that in the in event that the directory on the
> drive gets corrupted, I can still recover the original file/folder names.
>
> I'll then take the LTO5 tapes offsite, and leave the bare-drive archives =
on
> a shelf at work. I use CDFinder/NeoFinder on OSX to catalog the drive for
> future searching purposes, and then put it on the shelf, using either
> Wiebetech "DriveBox=94 cases or Orico PHP-35 protective boxes for individ=
ual
> storage.
>
> The bare drives not only serve as a cheap, easy way to ensure redundancy
> with the LTO archive (in case either my office or house burns down, I=92m
> still protected=85if both of them burn down at the same time, then I have
> bigger problems than data redundancy to be concerned with), but also as a
> faster-than-tape "offline near-line=94 archive that I can use if I ever n=
eed
> to restore an old project for revisions.  Philosophically, I consider the
> LTO tapes to be a backup of these individual archive drives.
>
> For the type of work I do, this system is a perfect balance of cost,
> security and performance.
>
> --
> Mel Matsuoka
> Finishing Editor / Colorist / Difference Splitter
>
> Montaj 9
> Honolulu, HI
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