I recently started backing up my laptop to a WD My Cloud daily. I will also backup to an external hard drive once a week and I plan to tar my backups and send them a Google drive as well.
Basically, I mount the device using sshfs (though any FUSE should work) and incrementally backup /home, /etc, and /var using Borg. Borg has been amazing, simple, and secure. I previously used duplicity but it was lacking in features. It does have support for a lot of backends though.
A note about Western Digital: I would not recommend buying from them if you are a Linux user. I have not been able to connect to the device using the native client (no linux support), the APF connection has caused data corruption twice, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to connect via NFS. Samba worked but I found sshfs easier to script. Their SSH setup mandates connecting as root and authenticating using a password which is frankly barbaric.
Why do I need daily encrypted snapshots of my system? Because I am a distro hopper, I tend to fubar my system at least twice a year, and I do not trust my wifi router/WD to protect my NAS alone.
If you don't have a lot of data, and want an easy solution, rsync.net has an intriguing deal.
I'm on the faculty at Boston University in the computer science department, where I teach software engineering, intro courses, and application architecture and development. Also a bit of a Deadhead.
Just a quick point on Western Digital...I haven't used their pre-built cloud-in-a-box solutions, however I do use and swear by their WD-Red line of NAS hard drives (I use them in my own cloud server, which runs CentOS). They are top quality at a good price; some large cloud providers agree and use them also. I've had very bad experiences with both Seagate and Hitachi drives in the past.
I'm on the faculty at Boston University in the computer science department, where I teach software engineering, intro courses, and application architecture and development. Also a bit of a Deadhead.
Similar experience here! All my Seagate drives failed (some lasted longer than others, but still), but I have a WD drive that outlasted 3 or so other Seagate drives.
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I recently started backing up my laptop to a WD My Cloud daily. I will also backup to an external hard drive once a week and I plan to tar my backups and send them a Google drive as well.
Basically, I mount the device using sshfs (though any FUSE should work) and incrementally backup /home, /etc, and /var using Borg. Borg has been amazing, simple, and secure. I previously used duplicity but it was lacking in features. It does have support for a lot of backends though.
A note about Western Digital: I would not recommend buying from them if you are a Linux user. I have not been able to connect to the device using the native client (no linux support), the APF connection has caused data corruption twice, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to connect via NFS. Samba worked but I found sshfs easier to script. Their SSH setup mandates connecting as root and authenticating using a password which is frankly barbaric.
Why do I need daily encrypted snapshots of my system? Because I am a distro hopper, I tend to fubar my system at least twice a year, and I do not trust my wifi router/WD to protect my NAS alone.
If you don't have a lot of data, and want an easy solution, rsync.net has an intriguing deal.
Just a quick point on Western Digital...I haven't used their pre-built cloud-in-a-box solutions, however I do use and swear by their WD-Red line of NAS hard drives (I use them in my own cloud server, which runs CentOS). They are top quality at a good price; some large cloud providers agree and use them also. I've had very bad experiences with both Seagate and Hitachi drives in the past.
That's very fair. I should have specified their My Cloud product as I haven't used any others.
Do you have any experience with Synology?
I build my own NAS, and haven't used the Synology boxes, but I have consistently read good things about them. They just seem a little pricy to me.
Similar experience here! All my Seagate drives failed (some lasted longer than others, but still), but I have a WD drive that outlasted 3 or so other Seagate drives.