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TM Backup

Started byRJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
First post2020-08-02 19:17 +0000
Last post2020-08-06 12:30 +0100
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  TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-02 19:17 +0000
    Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-02 15:34 -0400
      Re: TM Backup David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-03 00:03 +0100
        Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-02 19:10 -0400
      Re: TM Backup nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2020-08-02 20:09 -0600
        Re: TM Backup Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-02 22:05 -0700
        Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-03 15:30 -0400
    Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-03 10:31 +0000
      Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-03 13:54 +0000
        Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-03 14:09 +0000
          Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-03 18:57 +0000
            Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-03 19:27 +0000
              Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-03 20:13 +0000
                Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-03 16:22 -0400
                Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-03 21:03 +0000
                  Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-04 08:53 +0000
                    Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-04 10:58 +0000
                      Re: TM Backup Fred <fredbare@[127.0.0.1]> - 2020-08-04 14:30 +0100
                        Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-04 17:33 +0000
                          Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-04 13:44 -0400
                          Re: TM Backup Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-08-04 19:43 +0000
                            Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-04 16:14 -0400
                              Re: TM Backup Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-04 23:02 +0000
                                Re: TM Backup Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-04 23:05 +0000
                                  Re: TM Backup Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-05 14:32 +0000
                                Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-05 08:13 -0400
                                  Re: TM Backup Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-05 14:32 +0000
                      Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-05 09:05 +0000
                        Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-05 10:54 +0000
                          Re: TM Backup TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-08-05 14:14 +0000
                            Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-05 10:21 -0400
                              Re: TM Backup TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-08-05 14:31 +0000
                                Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-05 10:34 -0400
                            Re: TM Backup black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-08-05 16:47 +0100
                            Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-05 17:13 +0000
                              Re: TM Backup TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-08-05 21:04 +0000
                              Re: TM Backup richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-08-05 23:17 +0000
                                Re: TM Backup John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2020-08-06 08:37 +0000
                                  Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-06 08:58 +0000
                                Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-06 09:58 +0000
                                  Re: TM Backup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-08-06 12:30 +0100

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#146108

FromGraham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>
Date2020-08-06 12:30 +0100
Message-ID<rggpk6$3jm$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#146104
Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:

[snip]

Some guidance I wrote for a client a while back started with:

"
As a general rule, your backup should be:

•	Regular
•	Frequent
•	Fully automatic
•	Completed in a reasonable time-frame, for example overnight
•	Off-site
•	Testable
•	Tested occasionally
•	Can be read without special software.
"

One of the difficulties with USB disks for backup is that normally the 
OS has to be told that you are going to unplug the device, otherwise an 
in-progress transfer might cause the file system on the USB device to be 
corrupted. (Not sure this is true for Apple OS's; can anybody confirm?) 
Of course nobody ever remembers this, so when they want to take a laptop 
away ***NOW*** they simply unplug the USB storage.

So a NAS is a good solution where you want an on-site backup; or you 
have a VPN to an off-site device.

For a laptop, WiFi is generally a poor choice to connect to your LAN, 
for a variety of reasons including the shared-spectrum nature of the 
wireless connection; so a wired connection is generally better.  A NAS 
device typically has internal intelligence which maintains its file 
system so if a backup is paused while a laptop is taken away it can 
resume later.

The biggest difficulty I found was where a client suffered an on-site 
server failure, but wanted to continue working over the few days while 
the server was repaired or replaced.  A jury-rigged system using a NAS 
usually solved the problem.  With a decent fast internet connection it 
becomes possible to rely on cloud storage (until Google or the like 
loses your files) but the granularity of the permissions structure is 
not generally as good as on a local server.



-- 
Graham J

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