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Backups

Raspberry Pi for Backups with IDrive

Raspberry Pi for Backups with IDrive

I've previously written about my backups, the server they were running from, and the NAS drive problems i have had. I've also had issues getting the backups up to the cloud for a while, but I figured my problems were solved when the Raspberry Pi Foundation

Commits are your backup

Commits are your backup

If you are a software developer of any sort, you really should use source control [https://www.garybell.co.uk/why-i-use-gitlab/]. It doesn't matter if it's for personal or professional projects (but definitely for the latter), you should be using it. When used properly, it will

Replacing a drive in Buffalo LS441D after a drive failure

Replacing a drive in Buffalo LS441D after a drive failure

I mentioned back in August that I'd changed my backups [https://www.garybell.co.uk/changing-my-backups/]to use a NAS enclosure rather than a full blown server. I'm glad I did, as I recently suffered a drive failure on the NAS which, if it had happened

Changing my backups

Changing my backups

It's been a long time since I turned my old PC into a home media server [https://www.garybell.co.uk/home-media-server-samba-configuration/], but time has come for that machine and some of its components, so it's time it retired with grace. Fortunately the main issues are

A reminder about backups

I'm a huge advocate of taking backups of things. So much so, I've got my own home server backing up to "the cloud" with all of my files on it. It needs a bit of an organisational shuffle I think, but the idea is