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From: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:50:23 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOha14x8HhebGfqpoF39xU_6uuWF+ine2TxH=LTm-kg98QpCUA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7828850E-D4E3-4621-B425-98423B95E1C4@cs.utwente.nl>

At work, I use Time Machine to a Linux server, then vac the Time
Machine files to venti.
At home, I just use Time Machine to a Linux server. I am planning to
add the vac to venti at some point.

Thanks,
    Lucho

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Axel Belinfante
<Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl> 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.
>
>



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-30 19:50 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
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 [this message]
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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