Since I have a bit of time today, I'm catching up on some old backup-related links I've run across in the past few months.
First, Aaron Swartz's request for a simple backup solution. A few interesting things to note: the people commenting on this don't seem to get it. He's looking for something that just works, and everyone seems to be pitching pretty geek-focused tools. And, Swartz is willing to pay someone to develop a good solution...I hope someone takes him up on the offer.
Next, digging way back into my archives, I found Jeremy Zawodny's description of an Amazon S3-based system. Be sure to read the comments, or at least the list of tools mentioned. I haven't had a chance to try any of these out yet, but the Jungle Disk + Apple Backup solution looks interesting.
My current solution is a bit too manual...I never could get it all automated. But, it might make sense to switch from Strongspace to S3.
Posted by Karl
January 1, 2007 12:01 PM