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NeedsPractice:
I remember a lot of people before when my hard drive failed told me that I could do a couple of amazing things with backing up data. What stuck out is two things...

1. Software that will backup your data live via a cloud solution or over the internet without having a corporate cloud product.
2. Get a storage tower with hard drives and load them up.

What I mean is there software out there that you can install on your computer. You tell it which data you want backed up. Lets say your main PC with ( 2 ) hard drives and ( 8 ) hard drives connected to it via a tower.

Then you have and ( 10 ) hard drives connected to the internet or your LAN to which this software will automatically copy all of your data 1 for 1 match, live, not compressed from your current PC and ( 8 ) hard drives to your ( 10 ) hard drives in another location.

Live and in the current moment. So if you make a change or add a file, it automatically copies the differences.

Does this make sense? If not, what is simply the best hard drives I could buy, the best hard drive storage or bay system to hold them, and what is the best software that I can do this with that is non compression and not cloud base that cost a monthly fee.

Thanks!
 
nctnico:
rsync at set intervals. I run it over night. So during the day I can fetch a file I accidentally deleted. You'll only lose a day's work at most this way. There are also NAS systems that let you do incremental backups with history but I have never used those myself. Using realtime file synchronisation is iffy. I have used systems like Dropbox and Google drive as a local hard drive but the performance is quite poor and there are chances of file synchronisation problems. For example: having a git repository on a Google drive is not a good idea.
ataradov:
I use rsync.net + Borg backup. While it is technically corporate cloud, it is pretty easy to setup and they provide dedicated plans for Borg. Everything is encrypted before leaving your PC and rsync.net just provides storage.

For local backup I use NAS (4 bay Synology with 4x4TB drives, which are all replicated). 4 TB overall is plenty for my needs and I value redundancy. I also rsync the local system to NAS overnight. It is all automated and just works until you need a fetch a file and it is there.

There is no point in having more drives if you are just going to replicate them all. What are the realistic chances that multiple fail at the same time before you have a chance to order a replacement?

I tried many dedicated customer-oriented backup providers, but they all don't last. They either fold or jack up the price. Or don't support Linux.
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: ataradov on June 24, 2023, 01:02:15 am ---There is no point in having more drives if you are just going to replicate them all. What are the realistic chances that multiple fail at the same time before you have a chance to order a replacement?

--- End quote ---

Agreed.

i'm also wondering these days if it's worth considering, on top of your other backup schemes, backing up what you consider critical data on more durable media, such as M-DISC (as I talked about a while ago).
Of course since these are limited to 100GB, this wouldn't be for large backups, but only a fraction of maybe really important stuff.
Does any of you do that?
ataradov:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on June 24, 2023, 01:49:16 am ---consider critical data on more durable media, such as M-DISC (as I talked about a while ago).

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Why though? What is the point of it lasting past the point were you are able to replace the drives?

And one more thing I do. I have another 4TB USB drive that is offline most of the time and once a week I plug it into Synology and it does the backup itself.

This is inspired by all the ransomware. If anything really bad happens, I always have at most a week old backup.
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