Comments on: Backing up my home directory using rdiff-backup http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/ John Joseph Bachir's blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Max Starkenburg http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-189965 Max Starkenburg Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:00:30 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-189965 Yeah, it's taking a while (~1.5 gb/day) for me on Mozy, but I'm not backing up everything, and I just leave it running all the time (there's a slider to adjust how much network it's using, so that things aren't super slow when I actually want to use the computer, but I put it back to full blast before going to bed or work). Yeah, it’s taking a while (~1.5 gb/day) for me on Mozy, but I’m not backing up everything, and I just leave it running all the time (there’s a slider to adjust how much network it’s using, so that things aren’t super slow when I actually want to use the computer, but I put it back to full blast before going to bed or work).

]]> By: John http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-189075 John Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:23:02 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-189075 I've never used one of those services. I could used rdiff-backup to push the backups to my dreamhost account, but that would take hours and hours for the first backup and a lot of time for each subsequent backup. I suppose I could do it in the middle of the night... I’ve never used one of those services. I could used rdiff-backup to push the backups to my dreamhost account, but that would take hours and hours for the first backup and a lot of time for each subsequent backup. I suppose I could do it in the middle of the night…

]]> By: Max Starkenburg http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-188768 Max Starkenburg Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:57:25 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-188768 Any opinion on services like Mozy? Hmm ... do links work? Test: <a href="http://mozy.com" rel="nofollow">Mozy</a> Any opinion on services like Mozy?

Hmm … do links work? Test: Mozy

]]> By: John http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-185546 John Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:50:31 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-185546 /Volumes on OS X is the mount point for external drives and network drives. In my case it's an external firewire drive. /Volumes on OS X is the mount point for external drives and network drives. In my case it’s an external firewire drive.

]]> By: josh http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-185527 josh Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:24:08 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-185527 me too. Very nice. Is the backup volume on the network, or local? me too. Very nice.

Is the backup volume on the network, or local?

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-183619 Jeff Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:48:14 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/08/07/backing-up-my-home-directory-using-rdiff-backup/#comment-183619 Very nice! I think I'll give this a try. No matter how I try, I'm still terrible at back-ups. Very nice! I think I’ll give this a try. No matter how I try, I’m still terrible at back-ups.

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