What do you host on your backup servers?

[ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com]

I backup my files via rsync then have some essentially docker containers backed up and running in case the first one goes down

[tritonium@midwest.social]

A copy of data isn't really a backup, that's also why RAID isn't a backup. You should have proper backups with something like borg or restic.

[thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org]

You do realize that what borg and restic do is make copies of your data, right?

[tritonium@midwest.social]

You do realize that it actually does a lot more than that right which is what makes it a proper backup system, right? If all it did was sync a copy of data then it wouldn't be a proper backup. As I already pointed out, so let me know if I need to slow it down further for you.

[thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org]

Yes, please. Slow it down for me. I'd love to hear this.

[tritonium@midwest.social]

A synced copy of data doesn't protect against accidental file deletions... that is why RAID isn't a backup, that is why snapRAID isn't a backup, that is why syncthing is not a backup, that is why any kind of synced copy is not a backup. Let me know if you're still struggling with this VERY basic concept... that has had it's own little phrase parroted for decades, "RAID is not a backup."

[thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org]

Well thank you, but you haven't tried to explain any of this VERY basic concept you speak of, you've just told me that RAID isn't backup. No one but you brought up RAID.

Nice try, son. Now, stick to mansplaining something you actually understand and can articulate.

[tritonium@midwest.social]

Because it's an extremely common phrase that I figured most people here understood, sorry for over-estimating you.