Thanks, Tom, that's a neat idea!

-Adam

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Jeff Wasilko <jw-lo...@smoe.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 08:23:56AM -0800, Tom Perrine wrote:
> > With all those drives, you might want to think about using them for
> > CrashPlan for your relatives. CrashPlan lets you exchange off site
> > back up services with another person.  Become "backup buddies" as it
> > were.
> >
> > One scenario - my friend and I each buy similar disks of similar
> > capacity and attach them to our computers. We've both invested the
> > same amount...  Then we designate each others' PCs as our backup
> > target in CrashPlan (which is free). Backups are generated on each of
> > our computers, encrypted locally with keys that we have, and sent to
> > the other person's computer and placed on the backup volumes.
>
> Great suggestion. I do that with a friend and it works great. I backup
> locally
> for performance and to his drive for off-site bunkering. It's free, too.
>
> -j
>
>
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