What to use as offsite backup? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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What do you use for offsite backup? Since best practice recommends 3 copies on 2 different devices where one device is offsite.

I thought about renting a storage box from Hetzner to use as an offsite backup but I was curious what you are using. And also if there might be some cheaper alternatives to my proposed solution that are equally as easy to setup.

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[-] socphoenix@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

I just keep an encrypted hard drive at work and bring it home to sync once a month/sooner if there’s a bunch of vacation photos we just added to the server or something. External hard drives are cheap nowadays

[-] vegetaaaaaaa@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is also what I do, weekly. It's one of the cheapest (cheap SATA drive and USB enclosure, pay once) and most reliable methods, and arguably one of the most secure (the offsite backup drive is also offline most of the time).

A simple script on my desktop sends a desktop notification reminding me to plug the USB drive, once it's mounted backups get pulled from my servers to the external disk, then I get a notification to unplug the drive and store it away. There's about 15 minutes every week where all backups are in the same place. To be extra safe, use 2 drives and rotate them each week.

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