Re: Home Server Storage

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been thinking of using some of my website space for backups -
obviously I'd need to make it inaccesable to the world at large, but it
seems a reasonable place to store important data such as photos.  The
backup would be easy to automate - just ftp any changed files up every
night.

I don't think I'd be too confident with the reciprocal arrangements with
another home user - not because of security but because of reliability.
At least the professional servers will be backed up and available 24/7.






pjqx wrote:
>
> Has anyone looked into offsite web based backup as an alternative to
> ever more hard drives? I have been rethinking my storage needs and
> doing the backup to a TranquilPC T7 or HP EX470 or possibly a homebrew
> WHS box. The more I think it through I come to the conclusion that the
> safest place to have backup data is "out there" - No noise,
no space no
> issues. There seem to be a number of suppliers offering 50Gb for
> £5/month which seems reasonable to me - anyone had any experience
of
> what to look for/avoid?
>
> The only other thing I can think of is a reciprocal arrangement where
> YOU have some space in MY server and I have space in YOURS - Does
> anyone currently do this? You would need to encrypt the offsite data
> and backup would need to be automatic, but it shouldn't be too
> difficult to achieve with a bit of thought - May be a potential WHS
> application.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim.
>
>