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Becoming a secure Data Hoarder without a NAS - Fragmented data everywhere in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] hobbyhacker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I don't understand why everybody is fanatic about RAID in home environment... Until you don't have a bulletproof backup, you shouldn't even think about it

how do you know if a backup is dead (even if you have multiple copies) in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] hobbyhacker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

dedicated software that can create verifiable historical backup files. Like Veeam or Macrium, or the new generation like Duplicacy, Arq, Borg, etc. All of them have integrity verification integrated.

how do you know if a backup is dead (even if you have multiple copies) in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] hobbyhacker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

if you use real backups, and not just simple copies, then your backup software has verify function. For simple copies you should use hash files or something that can build a hash database and verify it. Btw. you should already use hash checking for live data anyway. For archiving you can create winrar archives with 10% recovery record, so it can self-verify and self-repair easily.

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Macrium is going subscription-only? (alien.top)
 

Here is the black friday, usually the best time to get Macrium licenses. But this year the sale is really disappointing. https://www.macrium.com/products/home

There is no discount on single license, and only 25% on the 4 machine license. Last year it was 50%. They also introduced a stupid subscription plan, which is discounted to hell to lure people in.

But subscriptions for offline backup is a huge no-no. I won't pay yearly ransom to use my own data on my own drives. It was one of the reasons why I ditched Acronis (and there were other reasons to be honest).

Looks like I have to start the endless search again for a good image backup software.