Alcides Fonseca

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Backup scenario at 2008-08-28

Hardware:

Projects

Being school or work related, I have them in a SVN repository in Dreamhost. So I always have all the versions before in the server. Some of my personal code projects are not in SVN, but in GitHub, as I am trying to migrate over to git.

Dreamhost

I need to backup all my production websites in Dreamhost, along with the database. Luckily, they provide a monthly backup I can request, and I store all the database dumps, and tarballs form the user directories in my storage backup.

Documents in Macbook

I have a backup.sh that uses rsync to backup all my work-related stuff from the macbook to the external backup drive. I run it almost daily (after I work on something). Works pretty well, but I intend to buy a small usb external disk for time-machine backups.

Storage and Backups in the MyBook

The Storage (Movies, Music, Software) and the Backups from the Macbook in the MyBook are backup’d to my desktop. Yes, I am doing backup of backups, and you should too! I am using the fantastic SyncToy to keep those in sync.

PDA and PIM information

As for Windows Mobile, I sync it using SyncMate with my Macbook, and the contacts are also sync’d with Google Contacts (through the com.apple.iPod.plist hack). My todos and calendar are also backed up to Dreamhost account, through CalDAV.

As for email I use Gmail, but I keep a copy of my me@alcidesfonseca.com email in dreamhost. That and Google Reader, allow me to have access to them anywhere and always be up to date, but I am relying on manual OPML exports for GReader.