Tag: backups
Self-Hosting Adventures (Kenneth Reitz)
I stumbled upon a blog post by Kenneth Reitz on his personal blog via Bubbles. The essay, titled Self-Hosting Adventures, is well-advertised by its headline. While my personal set-up does not have much in common with his, I appreciated the walk-through and a distinction he makes between tools one uses and tools one relies upon....
You Spin Me Right Round, Baby
Before hard drives became the main way for us to back up our stuff, they were a key evolution for the business world. They were also huge and costly.
Scriptable Backups with Arq
I've been using Arq for my backups for several months now and have regular backups being pushed to both Amazon Cloud Drive and AWS. A big part of Arq's appeal is its flexibility, configurability and the wide array of backup destinations it supports. In short, it allows you to own and control your backups.
Back That Thang Up
Much like on our laptops and cloud servers, there are some valuable physical objects we'd like to back up. (Think fine art.) Is 3D printing the answer?