Long term publicly accessible backups [Was: Uncorrupted A/UX 3.1 Update] - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Jan 2011

On 1/18/11 6:07 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
...
  If you have people willing to make that kind of
commitment, then a
 few websites, plus distribution of CDs, DVDs, and whatever comes
 nextwould accomplish the same thing, and would survive the total loss
 of any one collection.  Think Don Maslin (R.I.P.) 
   Yeah.

   Using Usenet as an archiving mechanism is one of the worst ideas I've
heard in a very long time.

   The real solution to this problem is a few people with grownup
networks (i.e., people with static IP addresses who aren't afraid to
actually run some computers, or someone with a machine in colo space) to
set up rsync run from a cron job.

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL