by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 04/06/2017 at 14:06
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 04/06/2017 at 14:06
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Backing up my home directory for an OS re-install. Hopefully “About 4 days” is more “about” than “4 days.”
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/06/2017 at 14:11, STARS: 3
This is why I still chuckle and shake my head when I hear the words “cloud backup.”
"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
04/06/2017 at 14:13, STARS: 0
It won’t take 4 days. Based on size, a number of hours is most likely. I had to do a bunch of restores/re-installs recently (my own and customer Mac’s) and it seems that once the backup and then restore gets past a certain point (perhaps all the system/library files) it starts to fly by.
Though, you’re copying rather than using Time Machine, so it could be different for you. I will say that I’ve been moving my media library around a lot recently and copying of about 450GB took me about 3 hours I think - but that wasn’t the whole home directory, just very specific files. Why copy vs. Time Machine?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 1
This is going to a mirrored 4TB networked storage system. I’ve had nothing but bad luck with backups. Let’s hope this one works.
"itschrome" (itschrome)
04/06/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 0
nothing wrong with a good cloud back up. unless you have shit equipment. I back up my pc to a cloud based NAS all the time. it all about you equipment. my home runs nothing but gigabit and I have a 50mbps internet connection. but if you on a 10/100 network feeding a sub 10mb connection yeah your fucked.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 0
I use TM with a different external HD. On advice of my computer guru, I am copying the user folders to backup. Then I will whack the entire HD and install Sierra (the latest one my iMac supports). Then replace the folders. Apps will then need to be reinstalled, but I don’t have many.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/06/2017 at 14:17, STARS: 0
I backup my lab computers over the network to a 4TB drive using Time Machine. Very low tech. It only works because of fast ethernet.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:17, STARS: 0
Also, I’m aware that those time estimates are never right.
"itschrome" (itschrome)
04/06/2017 at 14:19, STARS: 0
What kind of NAS you run?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:19, STARS: 2
I worked in the computer lab in the music department at UT. We had a saying: There are two kinds of computer users—those who HAVE lost data, and those who WILL lose data.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:20, STARS: 0
Synology Disk Station. I know virtually nothing about it. My brother, who is more knowledgeable in these things, set it up for me. I still have to configure it to use Time Machine.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/06/2017 at 14:26, STARS: 0
Very true. I have had colleagues here who had hard drive crashes and had to reconstruct important research data from emails and USB sticks. Insane. When our jobs depend on digitally stored research data, I can’t see how anyone wouldn’t set up scheduled, incremental backups to reliable equipment. I mean, it’s explicitly University and government mandated, and still people don’t do it.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
04/06/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 2
Thats 269,000ish 3.5" floppy disks.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/06/2017 at 14:33, STARS: 0
Has it adjusted yet?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 1
The conductor of my orchestra left his laptop in a restaurant while traveling and it was stolen (by a waiter). He got it back, but the guy was already in the process of overwriting everything with porn (or something). He lost years of arrangements, important docs, etc. No backup. When I was working on my dissertation, I kept at least three copies on Zip disk (remember those?): one at school, one at home, and one at my wife’s office across campus.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:37, STARS: 2
Haven’t checked. Smoking a cigar.
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
04/06/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 1
Insert pun about time machine and 88 mph.
"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
04/06/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 0
Ah, got it. However you do it, it’s always a fun process.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 0
More nerve wracking for me. Despite redundant backups, I still worry. It’s always hard to nuke a lifetime of collected stuff.
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
04/06/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 0
Transferring nearly 87,000 items is going to slow it down tremendously. Tons of small files takes much, much longer to transfer than a few large, contiguous files that would equal the same size.
Also, I hope this is over ethernet and not wireless.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/06/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 0
No! I don’t know how I’d deal with such a catastrophe.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/06/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 1
Make a copy and mail it to me and I’ll store it for you. Offsite by half a continent.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:55, STARS: 1
I would curl up and cry.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 0
Yes, Ethernet. I know it won’t be 4 days, but I am anticipating many hours.
"facw" (facw)
04/06/2017 at 15:15, STARS: 0
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/06/2017 at 15:29, STARS: 0
Exactly. It’s down to 9 hours now, which makes infinitely more sense.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/06/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 1
Sounds reasonable.