From e5422beb61a59be5acfa205319f02447de63108d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:07:45 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] backup strategy --- .../blog/2024/08-13-backup-strategy/index.md | 32 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024/08-13-backup-strategy/index.md diff --git a/content/blog/2024/08-13-backup-strategy/index.md b/content/blog/2024/08-13-backup-strategy/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea81086 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/08-13-backup-strategy/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +title: Backup strategy +date: 2024-08-13 +tags: + - computers +--- + +After discussing it with the family, +we decided that being able to load the backups onto a Chromebook was a consideration, +since I might not be around to recover the data. + +What we wound up with was a USB SATA adapter, +and a couple El Cheapo 10TB hard drives formatted with ext4. +I'm running rsync of my entire mirrored btrfs onto one right now, +with the expectation that someone will be able to read that on a Chromebook, +or find a helpful nerd to do it. +One drive will live at my father's apartment. +Every six months or so I'll need to run the rsync again. + +At some point one of them will fail, +and will have to be replaced with a new hard drive. + +We're also going to start printing out photos +and making albums the old fashioned way. +I have low confidence that my grandchildren will be able to read an EXT4 SATA hard drive. +But I'm pretty sure they'll be able to see a photograph + +This backup strategy is essentially what we were doing before, +the big change being that I'm no longer buying these crummy USB hard drives +that seem to fail after 2 years. +Hopefully the 5.25" hard drives last longer. +We'll see.