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> > Where do you guys store your backups?  Leaving backups on a DVD in the
> > same apartment as the machines doesn't make too much sense to me.
> > Maybe I should mail em to my parents every week or something?
> >
> > - Grant
>
> Offsite backups are a good idea if your data is important to you. I
> have several servers around the world so setting up rsync mirrors is
> pretty painless. Then I burn to DVD remotely.. (I have trained people
> enough so that when the tray opens they replace the DVD with a blank)
>
> You might want to look at doing a stage 4 backup and then sending
> that file to one of those online storage services. A quick google
> shows there are many out there offering 2-25GB of free storage. There
> are some non-free services designed specifically for backup where you
> don't pay to upload but do pay when you want to get your data (which
> given it is a backup I assume you would be highly motivated to pay if
> a restore is required) A few months back I looked into Amazon's S3 to
> automate offsite storage of backups. I never implemented anything
> though.
>
> I would encrypt anything sent to one of those online storage services.

Encryption yeah.  How do you encrypt your stuff?

- Grant
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