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====== Backup of Laptops ====== | ====== Backup of Laptops ====== | ||
- | Laptops are the nightmare of any system-manager. Not only they are always a special case, therefore taking the same amount of work as 50 identical workstations, | ||
- | The files on a laptop are much more in danger than those on a workstation or on a file server: the laptop HardDisk is smaller and more fragile, the laptop can get stolen or lost, laptops get into many different uncontrolled networks.... | ||
- | Nevertheless, | ||
- | As Laptops become more and more convenient to use, the important work data also becomes more and more in danger. It is useless to have a sophisticated centralized backup system if users keep their important data on their laptop. So **please backup your work data as often as possible**. Afterall, your work data belongs to EPFL. | ||
===== EPFL Backup System for Laptop ==== | ===== EPFL Backup System for Laptop ==== | ||
** All Employee of EPFL are required to do regular backups of the laptop computer they use **\\ | ** All Employee of EPFL are required to do regular backups of the laptop computer they use **\\ | ||
- | For this reason EPFL provide a backup service (Druva InSync) free of charge that every user can request to use, if he/she do not have other solutions. | + | For this reason EPFL provide a backup service (Druva InSync) free of charge that every user can request to use. |
- | to get your Druva InSync account, please contact your system administrator; once installed and configured, the program will backup your files every 4 hours even if you're not connected to EPFL networks. | + | to get your Druva InSync account, please contact your system administrator, then, once installed and configured, the program will backup your files every 4 hours even if you're not connected to EPFL networks. |
===== Personal Laptops ===== | ===== Personal Laptops ===== | ||
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The lab doesn' | The lab doesn' | ||
- | - Homedir: the home directory is to store your work related documents/ | + | - Homedir: the home directory is to store your work related documents/ |
- | - Scratch server: The scratch server provide space for everyone and there' | + | - Scratch server: The scratch server provide space for everyone and there' |
- | - google disk/ | + | - google disk/ |
===== Syncronizing work stuff with Unison ===== | ===== Syncronizing work stuff with Unison ===== | ||
[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
- | Note that, although very convenient, **Unison is not a real backup tool**: it does not keep an history of files, and it tends to replicate mistakes instead of repearing | + | Note that, although very convenient, **Unison is not a real backup tool**: it does not keep an history of files, and it tends to replicate mistakes instead of reparing |
Here we show how it can be used to keep the work stuff on your laptop in sync with your home directory on the file server. | Here we show how it can be used to keep the work stuff on your laptop in sync with your home directory on the file server. | ||
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==== Install Unison ==== | ==== Install Unison ==== | ||
- | You can either download it directly from the [[http:// | + | You can either download it directly from the [[http:// |
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