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Backups Aren't Simple

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  1. smallerfish · · focus · HN ↗
    On my home PC I use restic, and (shockingly) I run it manually (via a script). I have a terminal banner that nags me when backup hasn't run in 24 hours, or displays spanish verb tables when it has (so I will notice if the banner doesn't show). I've been burned in the past losing a backup cron, and dead man's snitch seemed overkill for my needs here. And I've also forgotten what backup system was in place on a prior install, and it took me way longer than I liked figuring out how it was setup when I needed to do a restore.

    Obviously for production systems automation & monitoring is the way. I kind of like this setup on my own machine though.

    1. qiuguoli2 · · focus · HN ↗

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