On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:07 AM Dave Ihnat <dih...@dminet.com> wrote:

>
> Synology NAS--usually a 2-disk unit--using Ironwolf NAS drives.  (You can
> use WD Red depending on performance, price and preference.)  Size to the
> client's server(s), mount using iSCSI.  StarTech (or other vendor--find
> your sweet spot) USB 3.0 HDD docking station, and a rotation of bare
> Ironwolf drives.  Back up to the NAS during the week, and once/week to
> the current removable HDD.  Client only has to remember to swap one disk,
> once/week; most will do that.
>
> You get backup in depth, much more reliable drives, and a stable and
> reliable primary backup.  And yes, it costs some money, but far less than
> tape.
>

This is my home backup solution (so $$$ matter).
- Refurbished SFF from ebay ($100 3 years ago, Core2 Quad)
- Maxed out memory (8GB $40)
- 1TB HD upgrade ($80 at the time?)
- CentOS 7 with BackupPC 4.X (from my COPR, CentOS is on 3.x)

I don't do full system backups, it takes up too much space and I don't want
to backup stuff I can just reinstall.

Currently have 6 hosts backed up (including the server itself) with the
system and backups all on one drive (it only has room for 1 3.5" drive) I
have 1.7TB of data compressed and deduplicated to 158GB.

I'll then do a tar.gz export of critical stuff from time to time or for
family pictures burn them to Bluray (25GB discs) and store them in the fire
safe. I bought some 50GB discs but I have never gotten them to work. Always
creates coasters which switching layers while burning.

Thanks,
Richard
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