On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 11:32 PM Ray Frush <fr...@rams.colostate.edu> wrote: > > I have always interpreted the 3-2-1 strategy to apply to copies of your data, > not the number of backups > (https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/) > > As such, I’ve used two strategies over time. > 1) Use BackupPC to backup local devices in the same building/LAN, and have a > second BackupPC instance in a separate space also running backups of the same > devices. ( 3 copies of the data: the source, one on local backup, one on > remote backup. Requires good network speeds between your local site and your > remote site. > > 2) Use BacukpPC to backup local devices to a NAS. Use NAS replication to > push a copy of the BackupPC data to a remote device. >
Strategy no 1 of running 2 BackupPC systems is interesting. I will run some tests to figure out if our ISP upload bandwidth of just 10 Mbps (for a 30 Mbps fibre subscription) is good enough to run a BackupPC system in the cloud -- Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan _______________________________________________ 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/
