G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote at about 11:58:01 +0000 on Saturday, February 27, 2021: > Hi there, > > On Fri, 26 Feb 2021, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > > ... useful in case you have multiple backuppc servers backing up a > > single client (I do this so that I have totally redundant backups in > > case one backuppc server fails) > > Good idea to have "totally" independent backups, but do note that if > they're both provided by BackupPC then the word "totally" is perhaps > overstating the case somewhat. There's a risk that a failure in the > backup software itself will give you the same problem on both of the > "totally" independent backup systems and there's even a risk that, if > both systems are running simultaneously, something malicious will get > into both systems simultaneously and do damage. Result, misery.
There is a limit to how paranoid I can be :) > PS: The wife's Pi4B has been running fine for a few weeks but then she > plugged in a DVD reader. It's now crashed (judging by the language) at > least five or six times in the last 24 hours. I just thought that I'd > mention it, in case you use Pi4Bs for backup despite my dire warnings. > My backup BackupPC system is indeed a Pi4B with an external SSD for backup. It's been rock stable so far but I will continue to monitor. Since it's only a secondary backup, I feel secure for now... It also serves as a mythtv client as well as monitoring one of my UPS's. All good so far... _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
