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BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 1 week ago
Personally, I would put one of the 990 in the server, use it as system drive + storage for databases and such. Then, the EVO in NAS to store backups, as it’s not very bandwidth sensitive (and the more storage the better) and maybe an extra copy of your restic repository onto the external 2TB SSD? (though I would store that extra backup offsite on Backblaze B2)
Oh, and you should probably set up restic’s rest-server, it makes backuping from other computers really easy (easier than SFTP, which I had issues with)
steel_for_humans@piefed.social 1 week ago
I use Hetzner Storage Box. I don’t have a NAS, so it’s a cost that I’d rather avoid. I see it costs not much less than a new nvme disk. I’m just trying to juggle what I have.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 days ago
Hetzner + a HDD backup would basically get you to 3-2-1.
As a rule of thumb I’d keep the SSDs for live data and HDDs for backup.
Hetzner supports multiple good backup tools so you have options, and their prices are decent.
But please stick to Restic (or Borg) because they’re actually designed for backup and have built-in encryption, compression, deduplication, integrity, recovery etc. Don’t use “sync” tools like rsync.
Please, please, please assume that any of the SSDs and HDDs and cloud storage can dissapear at any time. Sit down and run some scenarios on paper, see what you’d do in each case.
Also a good idea is to sit down and categorize all your data on a scale of “how much my life would be over if I lost this”.
If you need an extra form of backup media for ultra-essential data, Blu Ray optical discs are still an option. They are specifically designed for this and an USB optical writer is cheap.
Last but not least, store your “cold” backups in proper storage enclosures. For HDDs I like Orico padded boxes, for Blu Ray’s use a “CD wallet”.