Hello,
I am looking for recommendations for a service provider of immutable backup that has options for a homelab user.
My research has led me to services with expensive options, or no pricing at all unless you ask for a quote.
Thank you
Hello,
I am looking for recommendations for a service provider of immutable backup that has options for a homelab user.
My research has led me to services with expensive options, or no pricing at all unless you ask for a quote.
Thank you
21 Comments
schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business · 11 pts · 2y
How immutable do you need?
S3 offers a flag that prevents modification or deletion for a set period, and afaik basically every S3-compatible provider offers that.
I use that along with a lifecycle rule to maintain my backup buckets on iDrive.
If you need a 'you cannot touch this and the provider has no way of allowing it' then you're talking specialized corporate talk-to-a-sales-person-for-a-quote, as you found out.
Edit: if you don't need cloud, there's options for WORM media from the humble BluRay to fancy SSDs that don't allow deletion.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
My goal is that if for whatever reason, my homelab is compromised, I will be able to at least restore my important data.
If i can modify the data on the other end, but cannot from my proxmox, then its fine.
I would like a offsite solution in the future, but for now it's going to be a cloud for data blob only.
solrize@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Borg backup?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Never heard of it, but I will look into it. Thanks
maxwellfire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Borg append only seems like the way to do this easily
farcaller@fstab.sh · 1 pts · 2y
restic can run append-only, too. It's more about the remote not allowing deletions.
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
BorgBase allows for append-only backups.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Thanks, from another link in this thread, Borg seems to have wrapper options as a complement to its features.
ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat · 7 pts · 2y
I use Backblaze B2, but stored in an encrypted Restic container, set up using this guide:
https://helgeklein.com/blog/restic-encrypted-offsite-backup-with-ransomware-protection-for-your-homeserver/
Restic has been great for automating backups, and even letting me mount the encrypted storage to grab individual files. I like doing it this way since I don't have to trust Backblaze isn't reading my data - I know for sure that they can't.
Performance of storage that is both remote and encrypted is about what you would expect, but I don't need access to the data unless something bad happens.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Thats a great link, it lists a lot of options and gives a good explanation on how to setup the author's choices.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Backblaze B2 has the option: https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-object-lock
Cheap storage too.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks for the information, I will look into that.
explore_broaden@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
I use backblaze storage with Kopia, which supports using object lock. Every time a backup is made the objects for it are locked for a configurable amount of time. I use 30 days, so an attacker would have to compromise my backup software for a month before being able to erase my backups.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
I like the thought of having timed backups to keep the costs lower by pruning the olds backups.
explore_broaden@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y
Also only differences are stored, so if your files don’t change much each backup costs very little. I keep hundreds of backups for the previous year of changes, and it uses less than double the amount of storage the files take up. You can also enable compression, which I do, so it’s even smaller.
mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud · 1 pts · 2y
I use B2 for my backups with object lock on
talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
How much data are we talking about?
A free mega.nz account should be fine for everything except family fotos and legally obtained music/movies.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Photos was part of my plan, so mega.nz isn't an option. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Shimitar@feddit.it · 2 pts · 2y
Restic or Borg on your side, a safe and remote destination on the other side.
use restic, with backrest web GUI, and cannot be happier.
As for remote site, I use a remote machine I rent, but there are plenty of providers around, shop a bit... Or find a friend for reciprocal backup?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
My plan is to build a second server that I will leave at my inlaws' house and use that, but for now, I will rent a cloud while this happens.
Shimitar@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y
Thats perfect