Hi all, I’m just getting my feet wet in self hosting and have a plan to start with Nextcloud on a Pi 4 for photo backups, and then try other things for calendar, phone backups, media hosting, etc.

One thing I worry about is losing my data. I have heard “if it’s not backed up in two locations, it’s not backed up.” I’m curious what all of you do for backing up the setup. Remote backup to hard drives in the garage? Pay for cloud backup and encrypt it? Just another backup site over wifi in the house?

I’d be most afraid of losing photos and if there were a house fire or something. So my inital thought was a way of backing up to a server in my detached garage in a weather resistent container, but I want to know what you all think. Thanks for any insight.

  • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Basically:

    • Small proxmox node (Zima) that basically does only operate a Proxmox Backup Server for local clients and fast backup.

    • Offsite ZFS send to a VPS I operate for that purpose. As well as Proxmox Backup Server for VMs,etc. Basically meant as a fast recovery option.

    • Offsite S3 storage backup to a different provider from above. Meant for a medium term backup.

    • Portable HD: I have two different portable HDs. One is hooked up to the Backup server, the other one is in a lock box in my banks safe. The “connected one” does a weekly backup (and is switched off in between). Once in a while (around 6 to 12 weeks, with 12 weeks being the hard maximum) I take the active one to the bank and both drives switch places. That provides a full backup.

    • Last line of defence: The real real important things (photos of life events-weddings,etc.- important documents,Password DBs) etc.) get burned on a M-disc Archive blue ray. They are also in the bank safe and at a secure third location. They are more meant for “shit hit the fan and I might not be there anymore,but maybe the kids want these”.

    This is another thing to consider: Have detailed descriptions for others how to retrieve your data in case something happens.

    • Snowcano@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Have detailed descriptions for others how to retrieve your data in case something happens.

      Lots of great advice here but this stands out as a really good bit that a lot of people (including myself) need to consider.

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