From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:59:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9f9c7658554a9f3fcb334aa6dbeb05ae@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3f8aecd8ac9fdcd39dc36b5e89882c7d@orthanc.ca>
On Fri Sep 30 13:51:19 EDT 2011, lyndon@orthanc.ca wrote:
> > When non-plan9 people ask me this question I tell them to get an external
> > disk and use Time Machine.
>
> I would tell it to Plan9 folks as well. There is no way to
> recover from a catestrophic disk failure on a Mac using venti.
>
> Two days ago I spent $137 on a 1TB external USB disk. I now have an
> encrypted backup of my laptop from which I can recover my complete
> environment on new hardware. If your scheme can't do that, it's not a
> backup.
>
> I.e. don't confuse 'backup' with 'archive'. If you need a backup
> in the true sense of the word, your only option is Time Machine.
i have a hard time believing that this couldn't work.
backup:
1. power down mac. remove hard drive.
2. stuff drive as one gigantic file into venti.
restore:
1. copy your backup onto drive
2. install hard drive. power up mac.
i'll admit it's not convienent, but it is a workable alternative.
and it leads to the fact that any storage that can snapshot itself
can give you backups. putting the snapshot into venti is an exercize
for the reader, as is determining if using venti like that is a good idea
or not.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-30 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-30 15:19 Axel Belinfante
2011-09-30 15:53 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-09-30 17:43 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-09-30 17:59 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2011-09-30 19:21 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-09-30 19:42 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-30 19:45 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-09-30 19:53 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 8:21 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-10-01 15:14 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-10-01 15:24 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 15:48 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-10-01 16:49 ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2011-10-01 18:21 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-10-01 18:29 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-10-02 15:26 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-11-03 20:54 ` Michaelian Ennis
[not found] ` <CAAQydVjZ42C-GTEFT7E2t=dCQ35fvHzqjSYx9a3o+8v+5D1vfA@mail.gmail.c>
2011-11-03 20:57 ` erik quanstrom
2011-11-01 18:15 ` smiley
2011-11-01 18:57 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-09-30 19:50 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2011-10-01 15:21 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-30 20:01 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-09-30 21:15 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-01 17:22 ` John Stalker
2011-10-02 0:35 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-02 1:28 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 2:28 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-02 2:37 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 3:07 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-02 12:38 ` Iruatã Souza
2011-10-03 3:57 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-03 4:02 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 13:30 ` Salman Aljammaz
2011-10-03 3:47 ` steve jenkin
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