[NMLUG] backup storage trade

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:56:04 -0700, you wrote:

>Aaron NMLUG-EV wrote:
>> If there is anybody out there that runs a server 
>> on the net...   I propose a trade...
>> 
>> I'll give you an account on my machine and a couple
>> of gigs of disk space, if you do the same for me.
>> 
>> I plan to do something like run rsync over ssh
>> for backups to your (off-site) machine.
>> I will allow you to do the same to me.
>> 
>> That way if our house (or business) burns down,
>> we will have some convenient off-site mirrors
>> to recover critical data from.
>> 
>>            aaron
>
>Aaron,
>
>I've been thinking about this for a while, but I have one show-stopping 
>problem -- what if someone breaks into my home/business and takes the 
>computer, then your data is at risk as well.  Is there a way to encrypt 
>your data on my system suck that I don't have access to it, you have 
>access to it, and rsycn still works?
>
>Even if we discount the stolen computer bit, what about a "bad" 
>employee/friend/family member?
>
>Got any thoughts?

I long ago suggested to Aaron that he make hard drive backups via dd
or Ghost, but he said NO NO NO because he only works with tape,
because he is dealing with TERABYTES of data. This is what he wants to
back up on your machine?

I have hard drives in mobile docking cartridges. I pop in a slave
(same model, architecture as master), clone a backup, then move the
backup drive elsewhere for safekeeping.

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
"Ubi bene, ibi patria."