take control of mac os x backups · 16/5/2007 · pick a winner: rsync, psync, cp, cpmac, ditto,...
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Traditional Backup VarietiesNew Trends in Mac BackupsA Word About Backup MediaChoosing Backup SoftwareOnline Backup ServicesHome & Mobile Backup OptionsWhat Time Machine Might MeanQ & A
Take Control ofMac OS X Backups
Joe Kissell • [email protected]
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Archives(or “backups” or “additive incremental archives” or “evolutive mirrors” or…)SyncingDuplicatesVersion Control
For groups: CVS, Perforce, SubversionFor individuals: Versomatic, NTI Shadow
Traditional Backup Varieties
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Cheaper online storage
Byte-level incremental backups
Immediate, unscheduled backups
Peer-to-peer backups
New Trends in Mac Backups
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Tapes: best for many large groups
Optical media: slow, low-capacity, cheap
Flash drives: convenient until lost
Hard drives: fast, random access, bootable
Servers: secure, slower than you’d think
A Word About Backup Media
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Cheap, easy, good: pick two
What to look for:
Feature set
Ease of use
Support
Price
Choosing Backup Software
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The Good:
Still the best option for centralized Mac network backups
Backup Server script type
Broadest feature set by far
Retrospect:the good, bad, and ugly
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The Bad:
Lousy interface
Slow with new driver support
Bugs
Support is expensive
Retrospect:the good, bad, and ugly
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The Ugly:Intel issues…still no Universal BinaryLayoffs at EMCOnly one driver update so far in 2007 (4/19); there were 7 in 2006Last major update: version 6.1, 10/3/2005No public commitment to new versionMac version way behind Windows version
Retrospect:the good, bad, and ugly
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For larger groups: BRUFor individuals and small groups:
Data BackupTri-BackupChronoSynclive with duplicates onlyor…peer-to-peer backups
If not Retrospect, then what?
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Pick a winner: rsync, psync, cp, CpMac, ditto, asr, rdiff-backup…
Think about metadata issues
Consider incremental backup issues
Scheduling: cron or launch services
Who’s going to be restoring files?
Support (and blame)
What about Unix scripts?
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Inexpensive, offsite, slowCrashPlan: peer-to-peer with server optionMozy: dirt cheap, oddly designed, buggyAmazon S3-based apps: not quite there yet
JungleDiskS3 Backupmore on their way
Online Backup Services
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Cheap: Data Backup, DVDs
Portable: CrashPlan (peer-to-peer and/or online)
Handy: SuperDuper, external drive
Better yet: some combination of the above
Home & Mobile Backup Options
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Time Machine
Pluses:• Elegant backups
built into Mac OS X 10.5
• Backs up everything• Easy to restore files• Record-level
backups
Minuses:• No bootable duplicates• No centralized
network backups• No highly selective
archives• Just one backup per
day
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Backups Q & A