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?

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 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.

  • alyth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 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.