Daily Duplicity snapshots that sync to S3, plus hourly snapshots via Back In Time to an internal drive, plus an occasional manual rsync to a portable USB drive off-site.
Probably overkill, but if one backup method ever has a flaw I'm still fine.
Probably overkill, but if one backup method ever has a flaw I'm still fine.
Yeah.. I was about to say. LOL. Have you even been in a situation where you had to restore?
I'm picky about backups and have never had an issue where files were permanently lost. I'm to the point now where if I'm not sure I want a file I'll go ahead and delete it, and then if I need it later I restore from the Back In Time snapshot.
Storage is dirt cheap, so spend the time up front getting your backup 'idiot proof' and automatic and it's totally worth it in the long term.