gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIs a cloud backup an acceptable backup for a home server?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIs a cloud backup an acceptable backup for a home server?gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
If I have a home server connected to Proton Drive for example, would that be sufficient to back up my data?
minus-squareHaui@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMy general rule with backups is the standard you pretty much hear everywhere: 3-2-1 3 copies of every file you value 2 different media 1 off site For example, you can have two copies on one drive and a third in the cloud. That way you prevent accidental deletion, bit rot and house fire.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI dunno about 2 copies on one drive - they’re both at risk of the same drive failing, etc.
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, but if your house burns down copies on different hdd wont matter much. Offsite like cloud will
My general rule with backups is the standard you pretty much hear everywhere: 3-2-1
3 copies of every file you value 2 different media 1 off site
For example, you can have two copies on one drive and a third in the cloud. That way you prevent accidental deletion, bit rot and house fire.
I dunno about 2 copies on one drive - they’re both at risk of the same drive failing, etc.
Yeah, but if your house burns down copies on different hdd wont matter much. Offsite like cloud will