Subj : Re: ArakNet
To   : Nightfox
From : cr1mson
Date : Tue Nov 11 2025 10:46 pm

On 11 Nov 2025, Nightfox said the following...
 
 Ni>   Re: Re: ArakNet
 Ni>   By: cr1mson to Nightfox on Tue Nov 11 2025 01:21 am

 Ni> It sucks to lose work though, so making backups is part of the process.

Yeah, common sense would tell you to make backups, although after it can be
tedious, you'd make a backup, then in about 30 minutes there'd be a change in
the system where you need to make another backup so it's like a never ending
cycle.  At least getting a recent backup copy would be the way to go and make
the changes again if needed.

 Ni> I may be old-fashioned, but I copy my BBS backups to a USB flash drive;
 Ni> my internet bandwith doesn't really matter..  It doesn't take very long
 Ni> - My BBS is down for only a few minutes while it's archived, then I copy
 Ni> the archive to my USB drive.  I don't really feel like there's a need to
 Ni> pay for cloud storage and use the bandwidth it takes to back up my BBS
 Ni> that way.

Nothing wrong with using USB flash drive storage, that's not a bad way to go.
My bandwidth is terrible as I have about 150KB/sec with 5-6GB to download and
upload with every backup.  I can't say for others though.  My hope is just to
make a backup when I can and not really play around too much and just make
changes as needed.  Cloud storage isn't too bad as I use OneDrive and get the
first 5GB or so free to store my programming projects.  It is a form of
backup though and good for a more permanent backup if needed.

-- cr1mson

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