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I’m still trying to get a good backup strategy. I am currently using Duplicati but I cannot get the before script execution to work. I will eventually look at Kopia.

What kind of hardware are you using for a mini lab? I want to switch from a raspberry pi 5 to a small form factor Intel based system so I can run Proxmox. I was looking at the Lenovo m920q or an Optiplex 79xx series machine.

Do you have any recommendations for backups or the hardware switch I mentioned?

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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Have a look at Backrest for Restic. It works great with pre/post scripting and supports healthchecks for monitoring status and stats.

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- Aldursil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’ll look at this again. I had it before and did not stick with it though I don’t remeber why now.
  
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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I use cron schedules to run scripts that backup my important stuff to s dedicated backup drive, then copies the backups to a different external drive, then upload the backups to a dedicated backup cloud storage account. Then it deletes any backups older than a month.

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Crogdor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you do make a switch to Proxmox, then Proxmox Backup Server is where it’s at for backups. Its de-duplication feature is incredible. I backup all my Proxmox VMs/LXCs with it, as well as my non-Proxmox hosts (laptop, etc.), with proxmox-backup-client.

Personally, I’m using a few of those tiny Beelink PCs (a couple Mini S12 and an EQ12) with the N100 processor, as well as a couple larger rackmount PCs I built for situations where I needed to add an HBA or some other PCI-Ex device. I do recommend something like a Beelink before building, though - they run Proxmox fine, they’re inexpensive, efficient, quiet, and each one can run a handful of VMs.

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- Aldursil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah, I heard about Proxmox backup and that sounds really nice. Love the idea of being able to take a snapshot before any major changes to a VM and then if it goes south restore from snapshot very quickly.
  
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tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I don’t know Duplicati or Kopia, im mostly just using VM snapshots as backups. I store them in an NFS Share on my NAS.

I just posted my Minilab, check my history - I’m also using tiny Lenovos. m920q should be able to do anything you want it!

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