Kopia Repository Server: Multi-Host Backups Done Right
Stop letting every machine write directly to S3. Kopia repository server gives you shared dedup, per-host auth, and sane maintenance, all in one place.
Tag: backup
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Restic Repository Maintenance: Prune, Check, Forget
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Restic forget, prune, and check: right order, real retention flags, cron automation, and why --read-data on a large repo will ruin your whole weekend.
Self-Hoster's Disaster Recovery: When Everything Goes Wrong at Once
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Backups and disaster recovery are not the same thing. Learn RTO and RPO, the 3-2-1 rule, Proxmox and Restic backups, and a runbook that survives a real outage.
You Should Be Testing Your Restores
You've got backups. Great. But do you know if they actually work? RTO and RPO mean nothing if you've never actually restored.
Restic vs Borg vs Kopia: Backup Tools for People Who've Lost Data Before
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Restic, Borg, and Kopia all deduplicate and encrypt, but differ on backends, compression, and UI. Pick the right backup tool for your Linux home lab.
Automatic Backup of Docker MySQL or MariaDB Containers
Automate MySQL/MariaDB backups from a running Docker container using cron and mysqldump, no downtime, no excuses for losing your data.