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Backups: You're doing 'em wrong!

Jeff Geerling 8:53

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If you're relying on Google or Apple to back up your data, or you just have a hard drive plugged into your computer, your data's at risk!

In this video I explain the 3-2-1 backup rule, and how I made a custom backup plan to make sure I never lose any important data.

My backup plan (open source repo): https://github.com/geerlingguy/my-backup-plan

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#Backups #Homelab #RaspberryPi

Contents:

00:00 - It's a disaster
00:55 - Easy as 1-2-3
02:02 - Taking an inventory
04:53 - Backup Pi
06:03 - My Backup Plan
07:35 - Room for improvement
08:12 - Two types of people

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