I wrote up my entire backup strategy for my across FreeBSD and Linux:

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I wrote up my entire backup strategy for my servers across FreeBSD and Linux:

- ZFS snapshots with sanoid
- Off-site replication via syncoid to rsync.net (encrypted at rest)
- Proxmox Backup Server fronting Backblaze B2 for VMs
- A Podman trick for backing up RHEL hosts without native packages
- Dead man's switch monitoring
- Quarterly restore tests recorded with asciinema

Real configs included.

My Multi-Stage Backup Strategy: ZFS, Proxmox, and Paranoia

Backups are the thing everyone knows they should do and nobody does well enough. Here’s my multi-stage strategy for keeping about a dozen servers safe: ZFS s...

Larvitz Blog (blog.hofstede.it)

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