Tag Archives: backups

Presenting Torus: A modern distributed storage system by CoreOS

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The problem of reliable distributed storage is arguably even more historically challenging than distributed consensus. In the algorithms required to implement distributed storage correctly, mistakes can have serious consequences. Data sets in distributed storage systems are often extremely large, and storage errors may propagate alarmingly while remaining difficult to detect. The burgeoning size of this data is also changing the way we create backups, archives, and other fail-safe measures to protect agains

Source: Presenting Torus: A modern distributed storage system by CoreOS

Three-year, 27,000 drive study reveals the most reliable hard drive makers

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For this report, Backblaze took a look at 15 different HDD models from the three aforementioned major brands. Earning impressive marks for reliability was the Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) with a 0.9 percent failure rate and an average lifetime of about 2.1 years.

via Three-year, 27,000 drive study reveals the most reliable hard drive makers | PCWorld.

The worst of the bunch, meanwhile was the 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda Green (ST1500DL003), with an average lifespan of 0.8 years. Ouch!

SynoLocker demands 0.6 Bitcoin to decrypt Synology NAS devices

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It’s not clear yet how SynoLocker’s operators installed the malware, for example, if they had exploited a vulnerability in Synology devices. CSO Australia has asked Synology for comment and will update the story if it receives one.

According to the victim, Synology’s support team are interested in hearing from victims who have not reinstalled its Linux-based DiskStation Manager NAS operating system. Synology’s NAS devices were hit late last year by scammers looking to use their compute power to mine several cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.

via SynoLocker demands 0.6 Bitcoin to decrypt Synology NAS devices – CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives.

Having proper backups would thwart this attack.  Simply wipe the box and rebuild the NAS.

12in1 SIM Card+USB Card Reader/Writer GSM Copier Cloner

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The Sim card can clone all the data from your original Sim card including pin code

It can clone the ki and IMSI code

It can contain 12 different Sim card content, You may change your current phone number operation to another by the selection list

Easy to read the phonebook of Sim card and save to PC

Can write the phonebook saved in the PC to another new Sim card

Read, edit, backup telephone directory and SMS

Leisurely create, edit, backup mobile ring tones and pictures (only for Nokia phone)

Plug and play, easy to operation

via. http://www.lunershop.com/product_info.php?language=en&currency=USD&products_id=273

Spanning

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Business-Class

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup

via Spanning.

$30/year to backup app data.  I wonder if cloud to cloud stuff will soon take on the acronym c2c.  AFAIK, this only backs up google apps.  What about other apps?

Megaupload’s demise: What happens to your files when a cloud service dies?

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There have always been two major concerns about cloud services in general, and cloud storage (Dropbox, Megaupload, SkyDrive, iCloud, and so on). The first is privacy: When you upload data to a third party, there’s always the risk that they can look at the contents of your files. Some cloud providers securely encrypt data, but many don’t. The second issue is data security and integrity: Does the third party keep a tight ship against hackers? What happens if a hard drive fails? What protections have the cloud provider put in place to mitigate against natural disasters, bankruptcy, or being shut down by the Feds?

via Megaupload’s demise: What happens to your files when a cloud service dies? | ExtremeTech.

File Sync & Online Backup

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File Sync & Online Backup – Access and File Sharing from Any Device – SugarSync.

The most popular plan is the 100GB for $150/year which comes to $1.50/GB/year.  It costs around $0.18/GB to transmit and receive in BW costs based upon various datacenter estimates  YMMV.  The max, 250GB is $1/GB.  Thus, a 1T storage requirement would probably be maybe $500/year?  That’s just for storage.

Assuming a roundtrip for all data, bandwidth costs can approach $0.35/GB or close to 35% of the yearly cost for the 250G plan and %70 of the yearly cost on my mythical 1T plan.

rsnapshot

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rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems.

Using rsync and hard links, it is possible to keep multiple, full backups instantly available. The disk space required is just a little more than the space of one full backup, plus incrementals.

Depending on your configuration, it is quite possible to set up in just a few minutes. Files can be restored by the users who own them, without the root user getting involved.

Via rsnapshot.