[lug] (Small) Network backup recommendations

[Stephen Kraus]

I backup to a R720 + Direct Attached Storage running FreeNAS, that in turn
gets compressed, archived, and backed up to an external USB Hard Disk that
gets swapped every month.

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Jed S. Baer <blug at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 May 2021 17:18:12 -0600
> Maxwell Spangler wrote:
>
> > So anyone reading this thread, please consider that you should have a
> > real backup of some sort:
> >
> > * Backup to a second NAS which itself is RAIDed for durability (i do
> > this)
> >
> > * Backup to offline USB drives (i do this, multiple drives)
> >
> > * Backup to a storage device not at your location (i do this, but not
> > periodically enough)
> >
> > * Backup to the cloud - I don't do this yet, but probably will soon
>
> Yes, I know the answer to the cost of doing all of this is to consider what
> your data is worth to you. Offhand, I can think of only a couple files
> which would really mess me up if I lost them. The rest of it would be
> irritating, but not catastrophic.
>
> I recall, years ago, an idea for a mutual backup network among trusted
> friends. I think it involved using the Limewire private network capability.
> I tried getting the Limewire thing set up with another guy, and we had
> trouble with authentication, IIRC, so we didn't get very far with it.
>
> For some of us, setting up something secure using various P2P facilities,
> OwnCloud, etc. wouldn't be very difficult, though again weighing the
> various factors influences such choices. I could feel pretty good with
> simply rotating a couple thumb drives in a friend's gun safe, but then
> there'd be the necessity of driving over on a regular basis.
>
> One advantage of a local offsite is that if there's a network outage, I can
> still have physical access to my backup with a 15-30 minute road trip, even
> if the backup is done over the network.
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