Network Accessible Hard Drive

[Jay Ridgley]

On 4/26/23 03:27, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 17:21 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>> Also very important. If each backup overwrites the previous backup, and
>> you for whatever reason back up bad data, you then have no backup.
>>
>> Network accessible storage for backups is way better than directly
>> attached storage, unless you have multiple drives and cycle through
>> them. Any attached storage is vulnerable to whatever might attack the
>> machine it is connected to, from voltage surges to ransomware.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the kind of backup procedures also depends much on the amount of data.
> 
> I make backups by rotation of external USB3->SATA3 HDDs using "cp -ai",
> "cp -Tai", "tar --xattrs -czf". When the backups are finished I try to
> make integrity checks of the backups. Those are tricky due to caches.
> 
> The good: Easy to use commands, that are not prone to user errors.
>            Several backups on different drives.
> 
> The bad:  To backup the most important data (including Linux installs,
>            IOW kernel, programs etc.), not all data, not all installs, a
>            backup of my old desktop PC already takes more than 24 hours.
>            During this time it quasi can't be used.
> 
> To sync data is probably less time consuming, but to my taste it's prone
> to user errors. A server is also more complicated, than attaching an
> USB3 drive. OTOH the "smart" firmware of many USB enclosures are a PITA.
> In my experiences it's not easy to find an enclosure with reliable
> firmware.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 
THANKS to ALL replied with useful information, that helped me me make 
decide to search for a NAS versus a movable usb drive.

For Colin, the software I plan on using is Deja Dup Backups. I have used 
it in the past and like it.

Again Thanks, I will let you all know what I decide.

Jay
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