[ale] how do I make a virus proof nas?

Ron Frazier (ALE) atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com
Wed Jan 9 13:09:02 EST 2013


I've heard about crashplan.  Have to do some reading on it.  My data, but not os or apps, is backed up to amazon s3 every 6 hours via jungledisk.

Ron


gcs8 <gcsviii at gmail.com> wrote:

>crashplan
>
>
>On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:
>
>> On 01/09/2013 10:49 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>>
>> [trim /]
>>
>> > As a side note, in addition to this concern about viruses, having
>the
>> > backup drive directly attached to the machine being backed up (not
>a
>> > nas), subjects the backup drive to any electrical failures that the
>> > client machine has.  So, the thing that causes you to need the
>> > backup, can trash the backup.  That's the general class of
>phenomenon
>> > that I'm trying to avoid.  Having the backup drive on a nas avoids
>> > the potential problem of electrical failure on the client, but does
>> > not avoid the virus problem without jumping through some hoops.
>>
>> The electrical concern is not the only one.  If the nas is in the
>same
>> building as the subject machine, it is vulnerable to the same fire,
>> flood, tornado, or asteroid strike. :-)  Or theft.
>>
>> An offsite rotation is vital, or an equivalent streaming solution.
>>
>> Phil
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