6 things RAID does not protect you from
“Among new NAS buyers, and perhaps even older users too, RAID is one of the most misunderstood aspects of network storage. In a multi-drive setup, you have RAID in place, so you are covered in […]
Tag: backups
How having an online backup saved my home server today
I have a physical server running at home that has a few services running on it, including Nginx Proxy Manager to route external network traffic to an OpenWebRx SDR that I host at home. The […]
Should you build your own NAS or buy a pre-built?
An interesting read, and I have to say I do lean more towards building your own. I did buy a bare-bones NAS by D-Link many years ago because you could add your own hard drives, […]
How to turn an old PC into a NAS
A dedicated NAS may be highly functional but they are often pretty pricey… You often also don’t get a decent resale value on your recently replaced, but perfectly functional, PC. There are a few reasons […]
How to use Shizuku with Swift Backup to batch restore your Android apps after a factory reset (no root required)
Back in the early days of Android, Titanium Backup was considered the go-to backup solution for those with full root access. Its impact on the power user community over the years is undeniable. However, Titanium […]
10 Common Backup Mistakes Most People Make – These Are Good Points Worth Considering
Backing up your files on your computer, phone, and other devices is a crucial part of modern life, but it’s all too easy to do it wrong—even when you think you’re doing everything right. This […]
Loadshedding trashed my server’s primary and backup data drives: This is how I recovered them using TestDisk
What a week! My car is also misfiring on a cylinder, and this morning I discovered both data drives on my home server showed “unallocated partition and filesystem”. This I discovered after plugging them into […]
Duplicati for Windows, Linux and macOS securely backs up directly to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV or many other locations
Open source Duplicati allows you to set your own encryption and compression before efficiently backing up to many remote services. But good candidate targets too are a second drive, or even FTP to a remote […]
I solemnly swear to backup my important stuff on World Backup Day, March 31st. Take the pledge!
It is really worth taking a bit of time to configure backups and there are a few options: If you have a second drive, then configure SyncThing, LuckyBackup or whatever to just do a scheduled […]