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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:50:23 -0600
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From: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
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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.
>
>