[clug] DIY cloud services?

[Michael Still]

Duplicity is certainly the thing I used to use for such a thing, until
I became annoyed with the amount of data transfer required to recover
single files. I just use a python script to push to a S3 endpoint now.

Michael

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Miller-Kelly, Cody <cody at themiller.co> wrote:
> A good example is backup using Duplicity against S3 etc.
>
> All the data is encrypted.
> On 15/02/2015 5:41 pm, "Michael Still" <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 10:01 AM, jhock at iinet.net.au <jhock at iinet.net.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > The current post on "The end of the personal computer is nigh "
>> indicates, in my opinion, the only good thing about storing data on a cloud
>> is that it is a backup in case of disaster. For example, if a fire destroys
>> everything then one can restore the information from the cloud.
>> >
>> > I have thought that having an encrypted hard disk as a cloud, stored at
>> a good friends home, (and visa versa) would be a great way of backing up
>> our data without the multinationals having my data. But how does one
>> achieve this? I'll have to ask a few of my friends who are still in the IT
>> business.
>>
>> If you encrypt the data before you upload it, then I don't think it
>> really matters where you store it -- be that a friends house or some
>> hosting company's cloud storage thing. Or am I missing something?
>>
>> Michael
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