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| From | Moten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? |
| Date | 2016-07-01 14:54 +0200 |
| Organization | Me, Myself and I |
| Message-ID | <1q5i4d-8ht.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> (permalink) |
| References | <nl00hu$l0$1@dont-email.me> <nl3pts2u8c@news4.newsguy.com> <f3eg4d-t85.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> <PM000536927CA3C8D3@aca42375.ipt.aol.com> |
In article <PM000536927CA3C8D3@aca42375.ipt.aol.com>, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote: >Morten Reistad wrote: >> In article <nl3pts2u8c@news4.newsguy.com>, >> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >>>On 2016-06-30, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> In article <sr1anb52gajn518d2gkiplt6l75d88rsqa@4ax.com>, >>>> Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 29 Jun 2016 16:22:08 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Like I've been saying for a number of years; "Only store in the cloud >>>>>> what you can afford to lose or have stolen." >>>>> >>>>> I've never used the cloud. I don't see the point in storing ancient >>>>> messages. >>>> >>>> I have backups of mu important documents with three different >>>> cloud providers. Since it is free, and the chance exists that I may some >>>> day need it; why not? >>> >>>I notice the word "backups" there; presumably your masters are on your >>>own drives (and backed up offline somewhere). >> >> My primary is a 3/4 way mirror of some 1T drives, 2 SATA and the rest >> USB. One of the drives it to a NFS mount of another raid on another >> machine in another building. I add another 1T drive there once a week, >> lets it synchronise overnight; break the raid in a controlled fashion >> (with a coherent file system) and bring it into the office, taking the >> old one with me back home. >> >> Then, once a quarter or so I update the cloud stuff. >> >> So, in total I have 4+1 disks on two machines plus one standalone, >> and archives at three cloud providers. This is for the important >> stuff, like family documents, photographs, old film and video. >> >> The -relaxed option for raids were a godsend, so I can use the >> two SATA drives as primaries, and the USB and NFS mounted one can >> catch up when needed, this way it doesn't bog down. >> >> I do keep all my e-mail since 1979, with two month-long holes. >> >> I did actually get my systems design tested when they mothballed >> our Prime machines, but kept them running. They ran, completely >> unattended, for 7 years before they dropped out. Several disks >> had failed before then, but that was when the second one of a >> mirrored pair failed. >> >> I expect this setup to be at least as resilient. And then I >> montitor it extensively weekly, and use it daily. > >Using it daily is key; there would have to be a very different >method if you didn't. Have you trained anyone to replace you? Also having icinga test it every 2 minutes. And sending alarms if it does not work properly. I have trained replacements twice. There were more than one in both instances. -- mrr
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