My backup routine (and why I keep it simple)
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
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In today's video I chat about my backup routine and why I try and keep it as simple as possible.
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Thank you so much, you helped me a lot. I had a constant headache that something I do is wrong:
the backup script is not perfect, the utility I use is not so good, cron is not configured so well.
Therefore, the opinion of an experienced person, moreover, working with finance, which imposes an additional level of responsibility,
helped me a lot. So I will keep things simple when I want it to be simple.
I do back up my home directory. There are a lot of config files there. My email is there. My photos are there. The /etc directory also contains configs, so I back it up. Some of the /var directories contain configuration files, or data files which describe the state of one or another programs. Backups for all this data are made to a USB, and done so each day in a cron job. If I go on a trip, I unplug the USB and take it with me. Similarly, each week, I do the same backup, to a similar USB, but unplug it at the end and stick it somewhere that lightning can't get to (we are the lightning capital of the U.S.). Back up to a cloud or something? Not on your best day. Those people do not need access to my data, encrypted or otherwise.
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I'm surprised any organisations still let you into their meetings. Burning all their records sounds like a good reason not to.
I use time machine backup solutions.. there’s clones for Linux and windows nowadays
Mailed cronjobs are golden for detecting faulty scripts.
Nice one! thanks mate.
I use a borg backup cron job that sends me an email each time it starts and stops its daily run.
Thanks for the video! I like to use Grsync to back up all of my treasures, I keep two copies, one on a NTFS external drive and another on a Ext4 external drive. I keep one of the drive offsite just in case there is a fire or some other issue that would make recovering onsite backups difficult.
I use freefilesync.
Whenever I connect the "backup external drive" a window pops-up and displays the file transfer.
Cool video. How about converting a Mac to Linux. Data wise?
Use rsync. It syncs your data with an external drive. And copying the command from the ArchWiki is not that much scripting.
Syncthing + gocryptfs seems like a good solution.