[Ideas] Why do people not make backups? How to improve that?

[adw]

@fsflover

So how is that possible that you “spend on the backup process isn’t that long”? You can’t work on your machine for 5 hours, then you must return to it for a few seconds to start a verification, and wait few more hours. It means, you can’t leave the backup for the night (or you have to wake up in the middle of the night). You have to be somewhere around but can’t use the machine. To me this feels like wasting ~8 hours of work, unless you have another equivalent machine nearby.

As explained above:

@adw

For example, sometimes I:

1. Start the backup.
2. Go do other stuff.
3. Come back and see that the backup is done. Start the verification check.
4. Go do other stuff.
5. Come back and see that the verification check is done. Do whatever else I need to do with the backup.

For example, (2) and (4) could be activities like:

• Doing any work that doesn’t require the Qubes machine
• Exercising
• Reading
• Cooking and/or eating a meal
• Running errands
• Making some calls
• Cleaning the house
• Gardening
• Going for a walk
• Playing sports
• Playing computer/video games
• Having tea
• Meditating
• Personal care/grooming
• Going out somewhere
• Watching TV shows and movies
• Taking a nap

@fsflover

You can’t work on your machine for 5 hours, then you must return to it for a few seconds to start a verification, and wait few more hours.

Mine usually doesn’t take that long, but I think that can be okay sometimes if you have other things you need/want to do (such as the ones listed above).

@fsflover

It means, you can’t leave the backup for the night (or you have to wake up in the middle of the night).

You don’t have to wake up in the middle of the night. You can just start the verification when you wake up, then do other stuff and come back later.

@fsflover

You have to be somewhere around but can’t use the machine.

You don’t have to stick around. You could go out and do stuff, then come back and do the next step.

@fsflover

To me this feels like wasting ~8 hours of work, unless you have another equivalent machine nearby.

And this is exactly my problem with the current lack of the automatic verification.

Ah, well, if uptime availability is important to you, then this method isn’t suitable for you. You should probably instead use a script to do the whole backup process while you sleep so that your computer is available for you to use the whole time you’re awake.