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Tag Archives: backup
Home Backup Project – Part 7: Four Months Later
About four months ago, I set out to fix a looming technology problem at home, having no solid backup strategy. After some arguably un-scientific research, I came up with a solution which has given me a decent amount of the … Continue reading
Using Subversion to safeguard my photos
During the backup project, I created a subversion repository for all of my installation media and installation files – anything I’d need to set up a new computer. The intention was to have a system that was a solid backup … Continue reading
Home Backup Project – Part 6: Summary
Throughout this project, I’ve had to shed pieces of the plan off as I realized that they: were too expensive were too time consuming had low WAF I stumbled upon a 500Gb drive for under $90 on TigerDirect, which allowed … Continue reading
Home Backup Project – Part 5: Evaluating Incremental Backup Options
The most crucial piece of this project is keeping the primary family computer, a 20″ iMac, backed up. This project might as well never have happened if this one task were incomplete. I evaluated several options for keeping the machine … Continue reading
Home Backup Project – Part 4: Creating ISO images
As part of the ongoing home backup project, I’ve tasked myself with converting all of my installation media to disk images (.iso files) so as to allow me to recover said media in the event that, say, my house blew … Continue reading
Home Backup Project – Part 3: Subversion Clients
As part of the ongoing home backup project, I’ve been testing various SVN clients to make sure I have a good working application for both home and work environments. At work I run WinXP Pro and therefore use TortoiseSVN because, … Continue reading
Home Backup Project – Part 2: Plan!
The next step in this project was to visualize the future case – where should my data reside in working form and in archive form. Then, I had to figure out what’s feasible now and what’s feasible down the line. … Continue reading
Home Backup Project – Part 1: Identify the Problem
This is the first post in a series about how I have implemented what I hope is a solid data backup strategy for myself. I may be completely off of my rocker, but I feel a lot more secure about … Continue reading
In which I pontificate about the importance of backups
In the past six months or so, a few events have made me realize that my home backup strategy plain stinks! First, the fire alarm at my house went off… exactly once. It was a horrifically loud squelch, and I … Continue reading
