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A Reminder to Make Regular Backups of Data (hilariouschaos.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They say one extra copy, one copy off site, maybe a backup to a "cloud" of choice ("3-2-1 rule")... and you could do more than one of each of these

What are your tips on making backups?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I prefer a variation of the Veeam 3-2-1-1-0 rule

3 copies
2 media
1 other location 1 worm (write once, read many) 0 days since a failed job.

just as important as taking backups is testing your backups. Not point backing up the data only to find when you need it the backups are dud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I use restic to back up snapshots of my home directory to a remote file system (Hetzner storage box), it has client side encryption and runs via systemd timer.