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AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI also thought about the 3-2-1 backup rule, but am unsure if that is overkill.
Maybe you shouldn’t be home hosting important data if you think this is overkill.
hamsda@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
You’ve got a point, but now I gotta ask: Where do you store your original paperform documents? You know, the real-life critical things. Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like most people store these things at home, possibly tucked away in a neat, little, sorted folder, for preservation. Which would be a nightmare for all the same reasons, but seems strangely accepted and widely practiced.
No data I own is life-or-death critical. Losing everything would be really bad, but many things can be restored in alternative ways, except the photos.
Also, I may be able to backup the most important stuff (which would only be a few GB at most) to an offsite server, as long as nextcloud (or an alternative) is able to export contacts, calendar and photos, or I can single these out in some other way. As long as this somehow works, I can rent a cheap hetzner server with a few GB of storage and have that be the backup target for the most critical stuff.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My critical documents that MUST be in print are stored in a fireproof safe. If it doesn’t need to be in print it’s scanned, shredded, and backed up.
Photos are scanned and stored. They’re also backed up.
hamsda@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Then I give praise to you, for you are more prepared than any other individual I personally know of and even some smaller companies I had worked with.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks.
It comes from a combination of working a job where I saw data loss on a weekly basis and then working a job in a highly regulated industry.