RE: How long is your rack?

[Leigh Porter <leigh.porter () ukbroadband com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Ihnen [mailto:os10rules () gmail com]
> Sent: 16 August 2011 11:57
> To: Leigh Porter
> Cc: Bryan Irvine; Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX); nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: How long is your rack?
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2011, at 3:03 AM, Leigh Porter wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bryan Irvine [mailto:sparctacus () gmail com]
> > > Sent: 15 August 2011 17:42
> > > To: Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> > > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > > Subject: Re: How long is your rack?
> > >
> > > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> > > <lyndon () orthanc ca> wrote:
> > > > I hope someone will explain the operational relevance
> > > > of this ...
> > > >
> > > > Sun V100         FreeBSD firewall/border gateway
> > > > Sun V100         Plan 9 kernel porting test bed
> > > > Sun V100         OpenBSD build/test/port box
> > > > Intel 8-core     Solaris fileserver and zones host
> > > > AMDx4            Random OS workstation crash box
> > > > Epia-EK          Plan 9 terminal
> > > > MacBook x        Snow Leopard build/test host
> > > > Intel-mumble-ITX Win2K8.2 development host
> > > > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 File server
> > > > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 CPU/Auth server
> > > > Sun V100         Oracle (blech) new-Solaris test/porting box
> > > > Sun V100         crashbox for *BSD firewall failover tests
> > > > Sun V100         *BSD ham radio stuff, plus Plan9 terminal
> > > >                 kernal testing.
> > >
> > > OK, you've piqued my interest.  What use have you found for Plan 9?
> >
> > How do you guys find time for all this? I used to have a couple of
> racks of boxes in the basement, then I got married, had three kids and
> started a Theology PhD program.. Now anything I do at home is purely
> practical.
> > I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a
> backblaze account and using Randy's fantastic sync thing that he
> mentioned. I really do not want 18 months of research to vanish.
> > --
> > Leigh Porter
>
> One thing about Backblaze is they don't have redundant sites. They have
> only one facility so if a giant meteor takes it out your data is gone.
> Amazon's S3 is the way to go for data that matters.
>
>
> Greg

I actually used S3 for a while and it was pretty good. I just need a single off-site backup dump.

What do people use to automatically sync windows/mac/Linux desktops to something? I am using sugarsync at the moment, I 
would rather do something myself to sync say whenever I connect to my home network to a home server.

--
Leigh




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