From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7828850E-D4E3-4621-B425-98423B95E1C4@cs.utwente.nl> References: <7828850E-D4E3-4621-B425-98423B95E1C4@cs.utwente.nl> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:01:07 +0200 Message-ID: From: Francisco J Ballesteros To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2db9fd54-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 What I do is to consider the macs as volatile. Very much like "firmware". All the stuff I care about is in our main file server. I might either use my files using the octopus or just cache them in the local disk of the mac when I need that. To recover such "firmware", yes, I use an external disk and time machine, which is what the mac seems to like. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Axel Belinfante wrote: > Just curious what 9fans use, for home and/or work, to backup their macs. > > time machine? > to a local (usb,firewire) disk? > or remote (time capsule, nas (not officially sanctioned by apple))? > > or eat our own dog food and use eg. venti? > or tra? > > or no backup necessary because everything important is already elsewhere? > (in the cloud, or in a version management system) > > or? > > > context: we are reconsidering how to do this at work, > and prefer not to reinvent the wheel. > > (at home I just backup my mac to a readynas box using time machine). > > > Sorry for the off-topic nature of this post, but the fact > that 9fans will be aware of less-common solutions like venti - > not to mention the presence of coraid people here - > made me look for experience/expertise here. > > Regards, > Axel. > >