Comments on: Murphy's Law http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html Marc van der Chijs' Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Orientix http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2336 Orientix Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:10:26 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2336 I'm still reluctant to use 'in the cloud' solutions especially here in China. My internet speed in Xiamen is too unreliable to use outside China 'cloud'solutions. (Inside China I donot know if such a service exsist) Also what happens if they block such a website. Via VPN ? too slow, more unreliable. I bought a good NAS in Hongkong, and use that as my backup hooked on to my router. I'm still reluctant to use 'in the cloud' solutions especially here in China. My internet speed in Xiamen is too unreliable to use outside China 'cloud'solutions. (Inside China I donot know if such a service exsist) Also what happens if they block such a website. Via VPN ? too slow, more unreliable. I bought a good NAS in Hongkong, and use that as my backup hooked on to my router.

]]> By: Ben http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2335 Ben Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:27 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2335 Mozy has unlimited space - at this point. You are right that it might change in the future when the general population has 1 TB to store, but I think that's still a few years away. My guess is most people use less than 50 GB, which is why they can get away with the "unlimited" proposal.<br /><br />I use less than 100 GB myself. I don't bother to save music etc - it's all a couple of clicks away if you need to re-download it. Mozy has unlimited space – at this point. You are right that it might change in the future when the general population has 1 TB to store, but I think that's still a few years away. My guess is most people use less than 50 GB, which is why they can get away with the "unlimited" proposal.

I use less than 100 GB myself. I don't bother to save music etc – it's all a couple of clicks away if you need to re-download it.

]]> By: Andreas Brenner http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2334 Andreas Brenner Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:39:48 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2334 I know that Dominik, the founder of Wuala, has a similar setup like yours. Maybe you could therefore have a look at their cloud backup software (now owned by LaCie): http://wuala.com<br /><br />Best,<br />Andi<br /><br />Disclaimer: I used to work for Wuala. I know that Dominik, the founder of Wuala, has a similar setup like yours. Maybe you could therefore have a look at their cloud backup software (now owned by LaCie): http://wuala.com

Best,
Andi

Disclaimer: I used to work for Wuala.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2333 Anonymous Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:09:54 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2333 Making backups in the Cloudy that's all nice and fun, but how much space do you get there? We're talking "digital lives" here, I'm carrying files that are up to 10 years old in some cases: music, pictures, videos, etc... I do my external backup on a 1TB drive. Does any cloud service provide that? I doubt it highly. <br /><br />Marc: 1 HD failure a year seems like an awfully high rate, even if you're running your PC close to 24/7... Making backups in the Cloudy that's all nice and fun, but how much space do you get there? We're talking "digital lives" here, I'm carrying files that are up to 10 years old in some cases: music, pictures, videos, etc… I do my external backup on a 1TB drive. Does any cloud service provide that? I doubt it highly.

Marc: 1 HD failure a year seems like an awfully high rate, even if you're running your PC close to 24/7…

]]> By: Ben http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2332 Ben Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:17:58 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2332 There are many advantages of saving the data in the cloud, I think. First, it's more of a fire and forget solution. The software does it in the background for you. <br /><br />Second and more importantly, it's saved in a different location. So if someone steals your laptop and drives, or you lose your suitcase, or they get destroyed in a car crash or fire, your data is still there in the cloud.<br /><br />Re: Dropbox, I use it and I love it, to share documents with my team. However it's not designed for back ups. It's also less convenient because it only synchs the files inside ONE folder (the dropbox folder). There is a hack around it but it's a hassle. With mozy (or solutions similar to it) you select entire folders anywhere you want and you are done. <br /><br />Right now I'm using the free mozy version (it's free up to 2 GB), which is actually enough to save most critical word and excel files, the ones that would really kill your business if you were to lose them. But I'm planning to upgrade to the paid version soon to just save it all (photos etc). Peace of mind is worth it. There are many advantages of saving the data in the cloud, I think. First, it's more of a fire and forget solution. The software does it in the background for you.

Second and more importantly, it's saved in a different location. So if someone steals your laptop and drives, or you lose your suitcase, or they get destroyed in a car crash or fire, your data is still there in the cloud.

Re: Dropbox, I use it and I love it, to share documents with my team. However it's not designed for back ups. It's also less convenient because it only synchs the files inside ONE folder (the dropbox folder). There is a hack around it but it's a hassle. With mozy (or solutions similar to it) you select entire folders anywhere you want and you are done.

Right now I'm using the free mozy version (it's free up to 2 GB), which is actually enough to save most critical word and excel files, the ones that would really kill your business if you were to lose them. But I'm planning to upgrade to the paid version soon to just save it all (photos etc). Peace of mind is worth it.

]]> By: Marcel Ekkel http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2331 Marcel Ekkel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:55:32 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2331 Hmm I recognize some of the things here :)<br /><br />For my mac I use an external drive with a little programm called superduper.<br /><br />It allows you to create an exact copy of your drive to an external disc.. AND makes it bootable. So in this case, you just pick up the disc..plug it in any other mac laptop and you are back in business.<br /><br />Another advantage is that you can read the disc normally, and copy files from it. I believe this is something you can't do with timemachine.<br /><br />Restoring would be easy as well... plug a new harddisc in...let superduper copy all the stuff...and off you go! Hmm I recognize some of the things here :)

For my mac I use an external drive with a little programm called superduper.

It allows you to create an exact copy of your drive to an external disc.. AND makes it bootable. So in this case, you just pick up the disc..plug it in any other mac laptop and you are back in business.

Another advantage is that you can read the disc normally, and copy files from it. I believe this is something you can't do with timemachine.

Restoring would be easy as well… plug a new harddisc in…let superduper copy all the stuff…and off you go!

]]> By: Tortue http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2330 Tortue Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:39:46 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2330 Even though I tend to be "All in the cloud" guy, I never thought about a cloud back up...that's a good idea that I'll digg deeper in the next few days.<br /><br />For my office I bought an Apple's TimeCapsule which back up all our Mac literally in real time (with Time Machine). Even though I tend to be "All in the cloud" guy, I never thought about a cloud back up…that's a good idea that I'll digg deeper in the next few days.

For my office I bought an Apple's TimeCapsule which back up all our Mac literally in real time (with Time Machine).

]]> By: jul http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2329 jul Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:31:04 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2329 Hi Marc,<br /><br />Have you heard about Dropbox? (http://www.getdropbox.com/)<br />It's available for both Mac and PC and just works.<br />I'm using it everyday for a year already and never came across a problem.<br /><br />-Julien. Hi Marc,

Have you heard about Dropbox? (http://www.getdropbox.com/)
It's available for both Mac and PC and just works.
I'm using it everyday for a year already and never came across a problem.

-Julien.

]]> By: Jakob Montrasio http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2328 Jakob Montrasio Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:03:01 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2328 Try this.<br />http://www.drobo.com/products/drobo.php Try this.
http://www.drobo.com/products/drobo.php

]]> By: Ben http://www.marc.cn/2009/09/murphys-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-2327 Ben Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:24:55 +0000 http://mirrin.nl/?p=1082#comment-2327 The same thing happened to me recently. My Vaio had a problem and I had to give it to the Sony Center to change a piece and reformat. I transferred all my data to an external HD and 3 days later, when I got the Vaio back and plugged my HD into it, my external HD had failed. Couldn't believe either. Luckily I had saved the most critical stuff on a USB key.<br /><br />Afterwards I searched for a better option. I recommend Mozy.com. Encrypts and stores data in the cloud. Small footprint. 2 GB free, pro version is about 60 bucks a year. It's a good fire-and-forget solution. The same thing happened to me recently. My Vaio had a problem and I had to give it to the Sony Center to change a piece and reformat. I transferred all my data to an external HD and 3 days later, when I got the Vaio back and plugged my HD into it, my external HD had failed. Couldn't believe either. Luckily I had saved the most critical stuff on a USB key.

Afterwards I searched for a better option. I recommend Mozy.com. Encrypts and stores data in the cloud. Small footprint. 2 GB free, pro version is about 60 bucks a year. It's a good fire-and-forget solution.

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