Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)Just found an old file with #filk songs from a GeoCities site…
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YESTERDAY
Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be,
And there's a milestone
hanging over me
The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.
Write in C
(“Let it Be”)
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
"Write in C."
As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers:
"Write in C."
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
LOGO's dead and buried,
Write in C.
I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
For science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics!
Write in C.
拔刀问路--经常截图评论
Seb@fiee Spot on timing. Just discovered my cloud backup has been deleted because I missed the emails saying the payment had failed.
Johan Wärlander 🦀@seb321 @fiee There are so, so many ways for backups to fail.. 😬
The best cases are backups that fail to run, and let you know via an error message.
Sometimes backups run, but fail to write to the target location (or get deleted, which is effectively the same outcome).
Backups may also run, and write to the target properly, but were sadly configured to include the wrong data.
Sometimes the output is simply corrupt, and can't be restored.
You'll never know unless you test the backup.. 😅
@fiee @jwarlander What would your recommendation be for storing mainly digitised photos to be as future proof as possible on a reasonable budget?
@seb321 @fiee Beyond cloud storage, which can be fine of course:
Rotating a few USB drives would probably be a reasonable approach up to a certain scale. Just sync the files over.
If you've got multiple computers, SyncThing etc can be another low-effort approach (but only replicates, no protect against deletion etc).
Best, and most expensive - use backup software with separate NAS storage (HDDs are cheap). Keep old backups for at least a few weeks to have some protection from mistakes.
@jwarlander @fiee That’s great thanks. I’m thinking mainly of archiving a whole load once and then leaving it alone (no rewrites). I want to avoid being at the whim of cloud providers, changes in connectors, break down of the media. Are SSDs more robust than other hard drives?
@seb321 @fiee Apparently, yes.. But it probably depends on the quality of the drive, just as for HDDs.
Still, putting all eggs in one basket won't give you longterm reliability. Your SSD might be the unlucky one. I'd definitely keep at least 2 copies on different physical drives, and replace the older drive every few years at least.
For true archival purposes, Blu-Ray seems to be the winner.
Great overview here:
https://appletoolbox.com/ssd-vs-hdd-vs-nas-vs-blu-ray-the-best-way-to-store-your-data/
@jwarlander @fiee Thanks - good article. I think getting it etched into glass in five (?) dimensions might be outside my budget!
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Maxim Weinstein@fiee TIL the term "filk" which I think applies to my cybersecurity song parodies, like https://mstdn.social/@maximweinstein/113703766223709979
Maxim Weinstein (@[email protected])
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Datendealerin 🎃☕@fiee Wonderful! 🥰
Jesse@fiee That's funny!
Andrew@fiee Nice. I'm thinking I'm going to add this to our internal docs about backups.
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John Breen@fiee Now, there is a recorded version of this song. Enjoy ?
https://rankett.net/w/r967HaSGSnXzFX79qJvMr2
https://rankett.net/w/r967HaSGSnXzFX79qJvMr2
Alexandre Oliva (moving to @