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Proxy Cafe: the backup edition

No better day to talk about disaster recovery

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What is a backup

  • not "DCIM2568 - Copy.jpg"
  • not a snapshot
  • not an archive

The only defense against:

  • hardware failure, theft, loss
  • ransomware infections

Code red stories

/bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/batman.jpg

What do you need to backup?

  • your laptop
  • your server
  • your mobile phone
  • your work laptop

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Not all files are created equal

It's a matter of life or death /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/chrome.jpg

Press F to pay respect /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/borderlands.png

I cry but I'll live /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/please_seed.png

You forgot you are supposed to be an adult /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/uk.png

Bonus: things that you suppose are always available

Software features

  • Versioning
  • Incremental backups
  • Deduplication
  • Compression
  • Encryption on transport
  • Encryption at rest
  • Error correction
  • Consistency

What about the hardware?

  • go to the cloud someone else's computer
  • buy a NAS 🤮
  • buy a DAS and make a NAS 😎
  • buy hard drives and put them under the bed
  • dvd blu rays
  • tapes (lol)

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Things that get confused for backups

  • file synchronization
  • raids

A few rule of thumbs

Either you save money or you save data /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/dropbox.png

The 3-2-1 rule

Always test your backups /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/spongebob-haiku.jpg

Go low tech /bparodi/Proxy_Cafe__the_backup_edition/media/branch/master/collage.png