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Ask HN: Where/how do you back up your "Million Dollar" source code?

4 pointsby taxonomymanabout 12 years ago

4 comments

CyberFonicabout 12 years ago
In addition to redundant copies on USB drives stored at different locations, I suggest burning the entire source tree to CD/DVD and placing it in a safe deposit box with a bank. Of course, you'd need to 'refresh' that on a regular basis.<p>In some situations that is an acceptable solution to escrow requriements too. But you'd need to consult a lawyer on that.<p>IMHO any cloud solution is not secure enough for truly valuable software. Of course, you could encrypt and use more than one service - e.g. DropBox and iCloud and GoogleDrive. But ...
nigglerabout 12 years ago
Burn CDs, make USB copies, and print out source code (on paper).<p>I would steer clear of internet-based services.
otikikabout 12 years ago
If it's worth million dollars, you can pay a security expert to back it up properly.
gesmanabout 12 years ago
bitbucket.org - keep it in free private repository. Make occasional backups and send it to myself as encrypted email attachments.