Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 26, 2020, 10:02:Okay, well first I wouldn't have thought of my personal PC as a "production" machine. Yes, it is just a matter of semantics -- it just didn't occur to me to think of it that way. Second, it would never occur to me to backup my personal PC everyday. It would in fact be effectively pointless on some days as there are days when all I do is browse the web and perhaps make a few posts here or on Reddit. That said, I have no criticism to provide concerning your backup habits. It is all good BoP.
Not being snarky but what's not to understand?
Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 22:55:Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 22:14:Wait, you spend sixteen hours each day backing up personal data? You have "six production machines" for personal data? I don't understand.
No, this is just personal data. Business data doesn't reside in the US. I agree it is an unusual arrangement but it's also a near bulletproof DR plan.
Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 22:55:Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 22:14:Wait, you spend sixteen hours each day backing up personal data? You have "six production machines" for personal data? I don't understand.
No, this is just personal data. Business data doesn't reside in the US. I agree it is an unusual arrangement but it's also a near bulletproof DR plan.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 22:14:Wait, you spend sixteen hours each day backing up personal data? You have "six production machines" for personal data? I don't understand.
No, this is just personal data. Business data doesn't reside in the US. I agree it is an unusual arrangement but it's also a near bulletproof DR plan.
Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 14:53:
So, this is your business? If so, sounds like you are doing well. If it isn't your business, that is unusual arrangement...
jdreyer wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 01:12:
Out of curiosity, what are you doing that uses 5+ TB per month? That's like 12 hours of 4K per day.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 14:47:So, this is your business? If so, sounds like you are doing well. If it isn't your business, that is unusual arrangement...
I am guessing you never dealt with as much data as I do, Tact. I would wager 99% of people don't. There are six production systems in this house. Three get daily delta backups and weekly full backups. Three get full backups every night. Well, they start at night. They take ~16 hours to fully push the data offsite.That doesn't even include streaming, game downloads, et al.
Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 11:52:Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 11:49:Seriously? Wow. For a guy whose entire career was in the IT industry, I am a Luddite.
1.2TB a month? Jesus, I would blow through that in three days just on backup syncing to the offsite alone.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 11:49:Seriously? Wow. For a guy whose entire career was in the IT industry, I am a Luddite.
1.2TB a month? Jesus, I would blow through that in three days just on backup syncing to the offsite alone.
Simon Says wrote on Nov 23, 2020, 20:03:Yeah, that video pretty much nails it. And it isn't just Comcast that feels that way, you can pretty much apply that to every single cable company and nearly every other ISP and content creator or provider. My question around this would be something along the lines of asking if they have the capacity for everyone of their customers to use 1.2 TB in a month? I'm guessing they don't, which regrettably gives their position some credibility. Thank goodness I escaped Comcast's clutches in the summer of 2018.
I guess this is still relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopZZglrzGo
Simon Says wrote on Nov 23, 2020, 20:03:
So... they're essentially charging 100$ for the privilege of unlimited. Typical Comcrap.
And 1.2TB, seriously? My monthly average the last 12 months is around 5TB and not only am I not even trying, but I'm alone on the line, imagine a full household.
I guess this is still relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopZZglrzGo
That too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso
And before you say 5TB is a lot, I'm on a full duplex 500mbps symmetric fiber line. Fill it 100% for only 12 hours up and down and you get 5.4TB. 5TB is thus just a bit less than 1/60 capacity.
1.2TB... 500mbps full duplex symmetric could, maxed bothways, pop the cap in about 2 hours and 40 minutes.
At this speed you would pay for 2 hours and 40 minutes of full speed access... out of 720.
100mbps symmetric full duplex line? 13 hours and 20 minutes.
Even a 2mbps symmetric full duplex line would pop the cap before the end of the month if you use 100% capacity bothways 24/7. UTTERLY PATHETIC
Ozmodan wrote on Nov 23, 2020, 23:26:
The really stupid thing about data caps, it costs them pennies to increase it across all subscribers. If I was limited to Comcast I would move.
Simon Says wrote on Nov 23, 2020, 20:03:
So... they're essentially charging 100$ for the privilege of unlimited. Typical Comcrap.
And 1.2TB, seriously? My monthly average the last 12 months is around 5TB and not only am I not even trying, but I'm alone on the line, imagine a full household.
I guess this is still relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopZZglrzGo
That too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso
And before you say 5TB is a lot, I'm on a full duplex 500mbps symmetric fiber line. Fill it 100% for only 12 hours up and down and you get 5.4TB. 5TB is thus just a bit less than 1/60 capacity.
1.2TB... 500mbps full duplex symmetric could, maxed bothways, pop the cap in about 10 hours.
At this speed you would pay for 2 hours and 40 minutes of full speed access... out of 720.
100mbps symmetric full duplex line? 13 hours and 20 minutes.
Even a 2mbps symmetric full duplex line would pop the cap before the end of the month if you use 100% capacity bothways 24/7. UTTERLY PATHETIC