Re: Interpreting "dry-run archival without keys"

[Graham Percival <gperciva@tarsnap.com>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 04:20:15PM -0800, Colin Percival wrote:
> On 11/05/15 15:55, Quinn Comendant wrote:
> > Then I assume my pricing estimate
> > above is accurate, and tarsnap is a high-end service that is not priced for
> > consumer use. =(
> 
> I think most consumers only use tarsnap to back up their more important
> files, not the contents of their MP3 collections. ;-)

To follow up on that: I personally have three types of backed-up data.

1) private and/or frequently modified: backed up with Tarsnap

2) non-private and not changing: mostly vacation photos, "backed up" on google
(because they're publicly-viewable anyway!)

3) private and not changing: mostly (non-copyleft) MP3s, which I obviously
can't store on a publicly-viewable location due to copyright law.  I just keep
a local backup on my own network.  So if a meteor hit my apartment, I'd lose
them.  But at least my important data and cat pictures are safe!


Even if you decide that Tarsnap isn't suitable to back up all your data, it
might be worth considering it for a portion of your data.

Cheers,
- Graham