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I'm struggling to come up with a plan for making backups that is both |
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effective and economical. I have 4 Gentoo systems: |
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1. strong local desktop |
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2. weak local desktop |
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3. laptop |
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4. hosted remote server |
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I'd like to backup the important system and data files from each of |
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these systems, plus my entire (growing) music collection which is |
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stored on system #1. I'd like these backups to be safe in case of |
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fire, theft, hard drive crash, etc. The system and data files are not |
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a problem to encrypt, archive, store, and rsync across systems #1 and |
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#4 because their size is relatively small. However, my music |
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collection is big and growing and I'd like to have 1TB available for |
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it. I'm not sure how to handle that. |
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I could add a 1TB hard drive to system #4 for $375, and I do have |
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plenty of monthly bandwidth there to spare so I won't be paying extra |
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for that. That system is crucial for me though. Could involving that |
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P4 1GB system in a daily rsync with system #1 requiring sometimes |
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multiple GBs of transferred data slow it down? I would think the |
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limiting factor would be system #1's bandwidth on a Suddenlink cable |
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connection, so maybe that would keep things from getting bogged down |
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on system #4? |
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I looked into standalone backup solutions from my host and they have |
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hefty monthly charges. |
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I could set up NAS storage at a friend's place. We both have |
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Suddenlink cable connections so the throughput should be alright. I |
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don't like running a non-Gentoo system though, even if it is just NAS. |
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Plus he uses a Netgear router which needs to be reset periodically. |
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In addition, I think I would periodically backup the encrypted system |
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and data files to DVD and store a copy in two locations. |
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Any thoughts? |
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- Grant |