Don't Panic Geocast

Technicians at the KGRK weather radar encountered a rattlesnake during an upgrade this week. The official NWS statement says “DUE TO COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING A RATTLESNAKE DURING TODAYS UPGRADE…THE KGRK RADAR WILL REAMIN DOWN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.” Why should you backup? Not lose your data Not waste money, effort Legal obligation (taxes, grant data policy, etc) What makes a good backup? Local and offsite Multiple backups Harward and software independence Copies of raw and processed data (if possible) Archivable formats Incremental snapshots and clones It’s not okay to “backup” versions of files like this! Backup Solutions Backblaze (cloud, $50/yr) - This is what John uses for one of his backups Carbonite (cloud, $varies) - Not carbon copy cloner as said in the show Time Machine for Mac - Another backup method John uses Super Duper (Mirroring) Carbon Copy Cloner (bootable backups) Fun Paper Friday The Earth’s core is complex with possible tectonics happening