[SGVLUG] 100GB Storage for $36 a year Re: Super Dimensional Fortress (sdf.org)

[James McDuffie]

A second thing I forgot to mention last night, since it was late:

SDF also has a Linux based system "...which provide computational and 
data storage/hosting services for MetaARPA members. The current disk 
quota for each user is 100 GB and will likely increase with time." The 
MetaARPA membership level is $36 a year.
http://sdf.org/?tutorials/metaarray

You will have a large off site backup location for a low price if you 
combine this with something like duplicity:
"Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm"
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/

And the best thing about MetaArray+Duplicity or encrpyted rsync or 
git-annex is that you do not need one of those proprietary clients that 
so many cloud based storage providers make you use. I have never seen an 
ARM based compile of any of these clients, so that always meant I could 
never use one of these providers with a low power consumption ARM device.

Hope this helps those who were looking for off site back up, many months 
ago.

On 06/06/2012 11:28 PM, James McDuffie wrote:
> One more thing, I forgot to include a link in my original email to this
> write up "What is SDF" written by another member:
> http://rendon.freeshell.org/notes/SDF.html
>
> On 06/06/2012 11:27 PM, James McDuffie wrote:
>> For those who may not have heard of it, The Super Dimensional Fortress
>> (sdf.org) is what I can best describe succinctly as a *nix community
>> that is a combination of services and social interaction.
>> http://sdf.org/?welcome
>> http://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?01
>>
>> What many people may know sdf.org as is freeshell.org, a place where you
>> can get a shell account to SSH into. But sdf.org is so much more than
>> that. They provide a ton of services at pretty decent prices:
>> * Shell access (of course)
>> * Web hosting
>> * Mail hosting
>> * VPS containers
>> * VOIP
>> * DSL
>> * and much more
>>
>> Its actually pretty impressive the amount of things they have available
>> to different member levels.
>> http://sdf.org/?join
>>
>> Also impressive is that they are celebrating 25 years in 2012. Thats
>> right, they have been around since 1987 in one form or another.
>> http://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?02
>>
>> There is a strong social aspect that includes shell based software that
>> has been in use since 1987. For example the bboard command is a text
>> based bulletin board that is still very active. They also run their own
>> Jabber server, Status.net installation, Diaspora instance, and Minecraft
>> server.
>> http://sdf.org/?tutorials/social_network
>>
>> Hopefully this message got through your spam filter and doesn't seem too
>> much like a solicitation.
>>
>> Also, it would be nice to know if there are any other SDF members among
>> the SGVLUG members.
>