What Are You Doing Right Now
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@quixoticgerber that said, I'd consider using a backup tool at this stage, rather than going to USB. Assuming you have any kind of Internet connection at all, get that data somewhere that you can get it back from. Like BackBlaze, CrashPlan or whatever else people have mentioned. B2, Glacier, etc. So that you actually have it protected, if it is worth protecting.
Then when you have your Linux box up and running, you can sync it back or whatever and keep using it there, too. But also keep it protected down the road.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@quixoticgerber that said, I'd consider using a backup tool at this stage, rather than going to USB. Assuming you have any kind of Internet connection at all, get that data somewhere that you can get it back from. Like BackBlaze, CrashPlan or whatever else people have mentioned. B2, Glacier, etc. So that you actually have it protected, if it is worth protecting.
Then when you have your Linux box up and running, you can sync it back or whatever and keep using it there, too. But also keep it protected down the road.
Changing platforms ruins the initial back up anyway from those kind of tools most of the time. Unless you’re only backing up a specific directory structure but even then your directory structure changes when you move from windows to Linux
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@jaredbusch good to know, thank you!
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@quixoticgerber said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jaredbusch good to know, thank you!
That's why I mentioned something like DropBox. Can work really well for that. You just pop everything you want to keep into that and let it sync. Then let it sync back.
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@scottalanmiller OK, yeah. I'm sorry if I misled anyone. Just p***ing and moaning needlessly over saving my photos and music when it's literally a set-and-forget process when I pick the right tools. I should be backing these up all along anyway.
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@quixoticgerber said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller OK, yeah. I'm sorry if I misled anyone. Just p***ing and moaning needlessly over saving my photos and music when it's literally a set-and-forget process when I pick the right tools. I should be backing these up all along anyway.
For photos, if you have Amazon Prime, they have a free service for that. Flickr is great and has some free tier for that as well.
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In that case, you're "moving" the data (to USB stick), because you have the intention of it being the only copy, therefore not a backup.
I would make two copies of your original data on different media, so that you aren't left with a single copy when you format your drive. That way you will have a backup.
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At the IT road map conference in fort worth
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At the ring central breakout session currently
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@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
At the ring central breakout session currently
We were just discussing ways to beat their pricing for tiny clients last night
They have basically nothing to offer a shop over ~12 users already.
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@scottalanmiller what did you come up with?
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Now talking with @BluGhost23 about him getting his radio license. Kind of feel like a radio ambassador.
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@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now talking with @BluGhost23 about him getting his radio license. Kind of feel like a radio ambassador.
What a ham you are
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@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller what did you come up with?
Some early ideas. Seems pretty plausible to do.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
At the ring central breakout session currently
We were just discussing ways to beat their pricing for tiny clients last night
They have basically nothing to offer a shop over ~12 users already.
How are they so large if they don't have anything to offer organizations with more than 12 users?
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller what did you come up with?
Some early ideas. Seems pretty plausible to do.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
At the ring central breakout session currently
We were just discussing ways to beat their pricing for tiny clients last night
They have basically nothing to offer a shop over ~12 users already.
I think k they are a solid company so sorry this claim seems kind of dubious to me since your a salesman to
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Testing uploading VM exports to BackBlaze B2
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@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
At the ring central breakout session currently
We were just discussing ways to beat their pricing for tiny clients last night
They have basically nothing to offer a shop over ~12 users already.
I think k they are a solid company so sorry this claim seems kind of dubious to me since your a salesman to
I never said that they weren't a solid company, I recommend them all of the time. But their cost is insane once you get any number of users. Just run the numbers, it's crazy.
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RingCentral is my "go to" for tiny shops of a couple of people. But at around 12 users, they start to be too expensive with too few business features. And as you add users, their cost goes through the roof, while with other models cost stays nearly flat. By the time you are into the high teens of users, the cost differential is just crazy.
