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Hello, so, I have been self-hosting some basic stuff recently, including data storage so i don't have to rely on external services like google drive.

It's working fine, but I wondered what would be the best backup solutions in case something unexpected and unfortunate happens (accidentally wipe out everything, drives dying, electrical issues, house burning down, that sort of thing).

I was wondering if more experienced self-hosters had recommendations about that ?

Maybe storing a physical drive in an especially sturdy box ? Perhaps using distant cold storage solutions ? Or even something I have never heard of ?

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[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Remember you aren't just backing up the data but also backing up the hours of effort it takes to rebuild and get it how you want. If frequently backing up just the service OS you can store heaps for $2 on offerings like OVH cold archive.

Remove yourself from the backup you'll forget or it will be inconvenient the week it blows up, so automate it, check the automation monthly. Don't care that the 2nd cold backup takes ages if you have a quicker main backup.

Fireproof safes aren't melt heatproof. Don't rely on a local house backups for fireproofing.

I'm a self hoster, and hate subscription services but I believe cloud storage for use with a compressed encrypted backup makes sense.

Backup media and other stuff separately to avoid one large slow monolithic backup.