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>>51648776
>keeping backups
Full autism.
>>51648776
>implying any of my data is worth saving
kek
>>51648794
>wanting to start over after ransomware encrypts your rice files
I have backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups of my backups
>>51648850
Of my backups.
>>51648776
>2015
>not having RAID-1
i shyggy diggy /g/
I don't keep backups.
>>51648962
raid is not backup moron
>>51648990
raid-1, you stupid faggot, not muh gaymen raid-0
I don't really have anything worth backing up since I made my last one.
You are right. I just made one yesterday before turning off and I really need to keep this booting log for my personal metrics.
>>51649004
raid has NOTHING to do with backups anon.
it's for REDUNDANCY.
unless you mean you have an additional raid-1 backup of your main raid, then shit thats impressive.
>>51649019
>redundancy has nothing to do with backup
anon...
>>51648842
randsomware doesn't encrypt external drives, does it? i thought it only fucked with your NAS/local drive.
>>51649035
>computer burns down
>malware encrypts your disks
>PSU dies and fries your components
GOOD THING YOU HAD RAID-1 BACKUP!
>>51649035
How stupid can you be? Backup involves archiving and a separate storage that is not affected by changes to the original. How is raid-1 going to protect your data against anything except a disk failure?
>>51649004
what if you accidentally remove a file? then you are fucked.
>>51648962
Raid is not a backup.
3 - 2 - 1 mate
>>51649035
>good thing I now have 2 copies of the cryptolocked files
>>51648842
>getting/having ransomware
>2015
>almost 2016
SERIOUSLY HOPE
>>51649093
>impossible and unlikely scenarios
I can make up stuff too pal
>dvd gets scratched
>flash drive gets corrupted
>cloud service goes bankrupt
how do you like your backups now?
>>51649200
its unlikely but its still a possibility.
>dvd gets scratched
why would you make dvd backups.
>flash drive gets corrupted
why would you use flash drives for backups
>cloud service goes bankrupt
why would you ever rely on a 3rd party. Remember when OneDrive offered everyone like 1TB of storage and decided to completely fuck them in the ass? yeah.
you just described highly likely scenarios, lmao.
What do I use as back-up? External drives?
>>51649200
So after claiming that raid-1 is an alternative to a backup you're backpedaling so hard you're trying to justify not making backups at all now? It's fine if you don't have any data worth saving but other people might need it and you're definitely not saving face right now by acting even more retarded m8.
>>51648776
It was 40 minutes ago. Time machine will do another incremental in 20 minutes. To my NAS.
>>51649004
>rm important.doc
>Backup
>>51648776
Thanks anon. <3
I've got a backup set up, but I haven't tested restoring it for a while.
>mfw people actually backup their shitty anime, which can be easily downloaded at 1GPS speeds from any tracker and offered nearly anywhere
waste
of
time
>>51648776
runs every couple days.
not concerned.
What backup software do you use, lads?
>>51648776
>data shaming
Thanks Guilt Bro
>>51648776
Thanks for the reminder m80. It has been a while since I've backed up my laptop
>>51648776
desu everything I really need is constantly backed up in my dropbox and it's only a couple 100 MB
everything else I can redownload any second
what's with you data hoarders?
>>51648776
>Backups
nigga this is the end of 2015 big boys use snapshots and redundancy.
#YOLO
>>51648776
>implying
>>51649048
If the external drive is connected it probably does.
I have nothing worth saving
If life had a backup feature in case I died I probably wouldn't use it
i really should. it's such a hastle.
>>51648869
Of my backups
>>51651672
This, literally what would you need to back up?
my work stuff is backed up in exchange + gitlab
my personal code stuff is on bitbucket
my personal bureaucratic stuff is just a bunch of documents I saved in OneDrive. The really personal ones I even encrypted
for the rest...?
I can download my vidya on steam
I can watch muh series on netflix
what else is there?
It's not like I'm running a fucking data center
>>51649809
Backintime
>>Simple GUI layout
>> Get's the job done quickly
>>Encrypts my important shit
>>51651755
are each of those full or incremental backups?
>>51652064
incremental
It's been a while since you last cleaned your room
>>51649809
dd
daily reminder that putting shit on random servers you don't own and can't control is not proper backup hygene
>>51649809
Cobian backup. It gets the job done.
>>51648962
>>51649004
RAID != backup, no matter which RAID configuration you pick.
>>51652019
music,good luck finding again that obscure album again, fuck I can't even remember the title
>>51652124
>2015
>using Disk Destroyer
nice choice but why not rsync?
>>51648776
I don't have the money for an external harddrive right now.
I'd be really fucked if this 5 year old Seagate drive bit the dust, it's got all my porn on it.
>Not having a dedicated machine set to automatically turn on and do a full back-up of your server every single day, while planting a log file back to the server so that you always know that your back-up has been completed and is safely off-line
>>51652124
Say you linux is on sda1, and you wanna back it up with dd, should you do it while running a live USB, or can it be done while the OS is running? I did it while the os is running, and it did werk, I was just wondering if it's bad practice.
>>51649809
>>51653122
I use rsync for my data and dd to create disk images btw, rsync is good cause it synchronises data, so I don't have to copy 870+ gigabytes every time I want to back up, just the files that changed. I do data backups every 1-2 days, and os images every week or so (or after I do major modifications to my system).
>>51652487
what toll do you use
>>51653122
It is bad practice. When a file system is currently in use, there's no telling if the backup may contain some inconsistencies or corrupted data. It's better to do a dd (or dcfldd for a forensically sound image and also outputs status to stdout) on a disk or partition.
>>51653499
Thanks for the info, mate. I haven't even heard about dcfldd, sounds useful.
>>51653598
Np. I forgot to mention to do the backup on disk or portion *not* currently in use, but I'm sure you understood that anyway.
>>51649617
>.txt
wut
>>51653731
They're backup logs
I have a script run on shutdown that double checks everything is up to date, else it does the backup. It's stupidly simple.
I maintain weekly backups. I've never tried to restore it.
>>51653699
Yeah you confused me a bit there by saying it should not be in use in the first sentence then saying just do backups on the partition not saying anything about it being in use in the next sentence, but I figured you meant it should not be in use and I should back up not the mount point, but say /dev/sda5.
>>51653905
Exactly. Sorry for the confusion, mate.
>>51648850
>>51653731
OK so I currently have a 1TB HDD and 256GB SSD in my PC, both of which I back up to a 1TB external drive that I only plug in to backup. Important docs and pictures sync to Google Drive (>inb4 botnet)
I was interested in RAID or setting up RAID on a NAS, but RAID is only redundancy, not a backup. If I have to backup yet another system that's too much hassle (and $$$).
So now I'm considering a constant backup solution (like Time Machine), but my concern is that if I somehow get infected with ransomware (unlikely but can still happen despite Common Sense 2015) those backups will be pointless. This really deters me from setting it up in the first place.
Should I set up an auto backup with an always connected drive? Is there a way I can do this without exposing it to malware? (Like a software switch that ejects/mounts the drive).
Or should I keep just doing the connect/disconnect routine and relying on my memory to backup?
Thanks, /g/
I made a backup yesterday.
