BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNon-US cloud storage for backup?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1128file-text
arrow-up1128message-squareNon-US cloud storage for backup?BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGentlePulpy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoSyncthing for synchronization between devices, then rsync to a couple of flash drives for cold backup. The setup is so easy, you don’t even need a server for this, just your ordinary PC. There is no more paranoid solution than owning your files on the devices you own as well, so you never have to trust the third party. Additionally, clunky all-in-one self-hosted solutions like Nextcloud bind you to their ecosystem, so it may be hard for you to switch to another one. Just a plain file backup to your own storage will always be a savior for your lost data, regardless of third party apps or infrastructure.
minus-squareaksdb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoIf all your backups are near you, a flood or fire (or even break in) can still cost you all your data. At least one copy should be off-site.
Syncthing for synchronization between devices, then rsync to a couple of flash drives for cold backup.
The setup is so easy, you don’t even need a server for this, just your ordinary PC.
There is no more paranoid solution than owning your files on the devices you own as well, so you never have to trust the third party.
Additionally, clunky all-in-one self-hosted solutions like Nextcloud bind you to their ecosystem, so it may be hard for you to switch to another one.
Just a plain file backup to your own storage will always be a savior for your lost data, regardless of third party apps or infrastructure.
If all your backups are near you, a flood or fire (or even break in) can still cost you all your data. At least one copy should be off-site.