Comments on: Apple’s Time Capsule: A False Sense of Security http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:43:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72756 Dave Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:55 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72756 I like rdiff-backup (http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/)! Works well for syncing changes over the network, versioning. I like rdiff-backup (http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/)! Works well for syncing changes over the network, versioning.

]]> By: Danny Gumport http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72418 Danny Gumport Wed, 14 May 2008 02:36:09 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72418 ooops... 750Gig not meg... (blush). ooops… 750Gig not meg… (blush).

]]> By: Danny Gumport http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72417 Danny Gumport Wed, 14 May 2008 02:05:57 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72417 Or try CarbonCopyClone it works great and uses rsync under the covers. I have a multi partion external usb 750meg drive. 1 partition is a CCC rsync clone of my macbook. rsync'ed once per week. another partition is devoted to timemachine. Great combination and CCC is free!!! Or try CarbonCopyClone it works great and uses rsync under the covers.

I have a multi partion external usb 750meg drive. 1 partition is a CCC rsync clone of my macbook. rsync’ed once per week. another partition is devoted to timemachine.

Great combination and CCC is free!!!

]]> By: chad walker http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72289 chad walker Sat, 10 May 2008 20:31:08 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72289 Since you destination supports hard links, you can have incremental daily backups with the ability to go back in time. The key is the --link-dest option in rsync. For example: boulterca$ rsync -av --link-dest=../2008-05-09 backupdir/* boulterma:/path/to/backups/2008-05-10/ Then, assuming you change the dates to yesterday's date and today's date respectively, each time it's run, it will hard link unchanged files from the previous day into today's, of course if they don't change tomorrow either, then they get hard linked again... Deleted files don't propogate to new days, etc. In fact I think there's an OSX version of rsync that can set all of it for you automatically. I believe it's called rsyncX. Since you destination supports hard links, you can have incremental daily backups with the ability to go back in time. The key is the –link-dest option in rsync.

For example:
boulterca$ rsync -av –link-dest=../2008-05-09 backupdir/* boulterma:/path/to/backups/2008-05-10/

Then, assuming you change the dates to yesterday’s date and today’s date respectively, each time it’s run, it will hard link unchanged files from the previous day into today’s, of course if they don’t change tomorrow either, then they get hard linked again… Deleted files don’t propogate to new days, etc.

In fact I think there’s an OSX version of rsync that can set all of it for you automatically. I believe it’s called rsyncX.

]]> By: Paul Perry http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72279 Paul Perry Sat, 10 May 2008 12:46:24 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72279 I have the same problem and think I could just mount S3 and rsync to that partition. Check out http://www.jungledisk.com/ to mount S3 or http://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+s3+mount for how others have done this. - pop I have the same problem and think I could just mount S3 and rsync to that partition. Check out http://www.jungledisk.com/ to mount S3 or http://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+s3+mount
for how others have done this. – pop

]]> By: Jeff Boulter http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72273 Jeff Boulter Sat, 10 May 2008 03:05:24 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72273 10GB clearly isn't enough and at $99/year, that's pretty pricey just for backups. 10GB clearly isn’t enough and at $99/year, that’s pretty pricey just for backups.

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/comment-page-1/#comment-72272 l.m.orchard Sat, 10 May 2008 02:42:29 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/09/apples-time-capsule-a-false-sense-of-security/#comment-72272 Well... Apple *does* offer online backup as part of .Mac: http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backup.html Don't know how well it works, having never used it, and apparently you only get 10GB and it's not integrated with Time Machine - but it exists. Well… Apple *does* offer online backup as part of .Mac:

http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backup.html

Don’t know how well it works, having never used it, and apparently you only get 10GB and it’s not integrated with Time Machine – but it exists.

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