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How do you guys back up your server?

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I have a home server that I’m using and hosting files on it. I’m worried about it breaking and loosing access to the files. So what method do you use to backup everything?

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Anon819450514@lemmy.ca
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Backblaze on a B2 account. 0.005$ per gb. You pay for the storage you use. You pay for when you need to download your backup.

On my truenas server, it’s easy as pie to setup and easy as 🥧 to restore a backup when needed.

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andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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I’ll add to this that restic works amazingly with Backblaze.

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WxFisch@lemmy.world
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I also recommend B2, it’s an S3 compatible service so any backup software/scripts/plugins that work with S3 should work with Backblaze.

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burndown@sh.itjust.works
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Maybe I’m stupid, but what is B2? A Backblaze product?

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anteaters@feddit.de
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Yes it’s their cloud storage.

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burndown@sh.itjust.works
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I didn’t realize they did anything other than that!

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Anony Moose@lemmy.ca
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B2 is awesome. I have Duplicati set up on OpenMediaVault to backup my OS nightly to B2 (as well as a local copy to the HDD).

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TheWozardOfIz@sh.itjust.works
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On hope

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dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world
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The “small to medium business” route I see!

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xavier666@lemm.ee
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This guy is rawdogging his RPi, just like me

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President_Pyrus@feddit.dk
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And using the fact that raid is a backup!

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CoffeeBot@lemmy.ca
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Me too! Actual servers are docker-compose which is on git but the data…yeah that’s on hope hahaha

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MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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This is the way.

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knoland@kbin.social
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You guys back up your server?

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KairuByte@lemmy.world
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If your data is replaceable, there’s not much point unless it’s a long wait or high cost to get it back. It’s why I don’t have many backups.

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Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works
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In the 20 years that I’ve been running a home server I’ve never had anything more than a failed disk in the array which didn’t cause any data loss.

I do have backups since it’s a good practice and also because it familiarizes me with the software and processes as they change and update so my skillset is always fresh for work purposes.

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writ@lemmy.world
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Borgbackup

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