Protecting My Entire Life With A Solid Backup Plan

I am 35 years old and my backup strategy I am 35 years old and my backup strategy has sucked for my entire life and I'm has sucked for my entire life and I'm has sucked for my entire life and I'm pretty sure your backup strategy sucks pretty sure your backup strategy sucks pretty sure your backup strategy sucks too if you're even making backups this too if you're even making backups this too if you're even making backups this spring I took some time to get really spring I took some time to get really spring I took some time to get really organized and to make sure that all of organized and to make sure that all of organized and to make sure that all of my important data is backed up securely my important data is backed up securely my important data is backed up securely in this video I'm going to show you my in this video I'm going to show you my in this video I'm going to show you my entire backup strategy that I use for my entire backup strategy that I use for my entire backup strategy that I use for my personal life my home lab and my personal life my home lab and my personal life my home lab and my business I called this project that I'm business I called this project that I'm business I called this project that I'm uh have been working on backing up my uh have been working on backing up my uh have been working on backing up my life I'm almost finished with it but the life I'm almost finished with it but the life I'm almost finished with it but the the most important things are done and the most important things are done and the most important things are done and this is what I have been doing so why this is what I have been doing so why this is what I have been doing so why even do this why why why did I start even do this why why why did I start even do this why why why did I start this project and why now well this has this project and why now well this has this project and why now well this has been bugging me for a long time like I been bugging me for a long time like I been bugging me for a long time like I I've did I've done some pretty good I've did I've done some pretty good I've did I've done some pretty good backups with my databases in my home lab backups with my databases in my home lab backups with my databases in my home lab but as I became more and more but as I became more and more but as I became more and more professional I also started applying professional I also started applying professional I also started applying that to my personal life of course and I that to my personal life of course and I that to my personal life of course and I at work I'm always very careful with at work I'm always very careful with at work I'm always very careful with backing up data and I realized that yes backing up data and I realized that yes backing up data and I realized that yes the most important stuff was backed up the most important stuff was backed up the most important stuff was backed up to like Google Drive and a bit to iCloud to like Google Drive and a bit to iCloud to like Google Drive and a bit to iCloud and it was just living everywhere and I and it was just living everywhere and I and it was just living everywhere and I didn't really know where anything was so didn't really know where anything was so didn't really know where anything was so that had been bugging me for a long time that had been bugging me for a long time that had been bugging me for a long time it wasn't organized and I didn't have a it wasn't organized and I didn't have a it wasn't organized and I didn't have a clear idea of where I would look if clear idea of where I would look if clear idea of where I would look if would hit the fan and I would need to would hit the fan and I would need to would hit the fan and I would need to recover recover recover so in July I created my Linux

so in July I created my Linux so in July I created my Linux workstation that I called mimir I'm workstation that I called mimir I'm workstation that I called mimir I'm daily driving Arch Linux by the way and daily driving Arch Linux by the way and daily driving Arch Linux by the way and in there there is a single 2 tbte nvme in there there is a single 2 tbte nvme in there there is a single 2 tbte nvme drive now it's not very likely that this drive now it's not very likely that this drive now it's not very likely that this is going to fail in the first couple of is going to fail in the first couple of is going to fail in the first couple of years but it is possible and if that years but it is possible and if that years but it is possible and if that drive drive drive fails man it would be a huge pain fails man it would be a huge pain fails man it would be a huge pain because honestly yes I did take a few because honestly yes I did take a few because honestly yes I did take a few spor backups but nothing really spor backups but nothing really spor backups but nothing really consistent or with a clear strategy so I consistent or with a clear strategy so I consistent or with a clear strategy so I could restore some things but oh man it could restore some things but oh man it could restore some things but oh man it would have been a real pain to have to would have been a real pain to have to would have been a real pain to have to rebuild everything from scratch I can do rebuild everything from scratch I can do rebuild everything from scratch I can do it but it has accumulated over the past it but it has accumulated over the past it but it has accumulated over the past six months like I have this really neat six months like I have this really neat six months like I have this really neat well done system now and it would be a well done system now and it would be a well done system now and it would be a pain to lose it so um that has one has pain to lose it so um that has one has pain to lose it so um that has one has been bugging me most if that dry feels been bugging me most if that dry feels been bugging me most if that dry feels what would I do and also I am what would I do and also I am what would I do and also I am minimalist and I am always trying to minimalist and I am always trying to minimalist and I am always trying to reduce clutter in my life recently my reduce clutter in my life recently my reduce clutter in my life recently my mom brought me a few boxes from my mom brought me a few boxes from my mom brought me a few boxes from my student days with books and notebooks in student days with books and notebooks in student days with books and notebooks in there I had a few other notebooks in my there I had a few other notebooks in my there I had a few other notebooks in my in my closet here and it was bothering in my closet here and it was bothering in my closet here and it was bothering me that these were yes they are living me that these were yes they are living me that these were yes they are living here in my home but if a fire breaks out here in my home but if a fire breaks out here in my home but if a fire breaks out I would lose everything I've kept I would lose everything I've kept I would lose everything I've kept handwritten journals for years and there handwritten journals for years and there handwritten journals for years and there is so much is so much is so much um stuff in there that has high um stuff in there that has high um stuff in there that has high emotional value to me which would be

emotional value to me which would be emotional value to me which would be completely lost forever if a fire breaks completely lost forever if a fire breaks completely lost forever if a fire breaks out here and that was hanging over me out here and that was hanging over me out here and that was hanging over me for a long time and now I finally for a long time and now I finally for a long time and now I finally decided you know what I'm just going to decided you know what I'm just going to decided you know what I'm just going to do it I I this is my number one priority do it I I this is my number one priority do it I I this is my number one priority right now and so I did it and uh here we right now and so I did it and uh here we right now and so I did it and uh here we are so what am I actually backing up are so what am I actually backing up are so what am I actually backing up well mimir my Linux workstation I am well mimir my Linux workstation I am well mimir my Linux workstation I am going to be backing up the most going to be backing up the most going to be backing up the most important things from there and of important things from there and of important things from there and of course as a content creator I produce course as a content creator I produce course as a content creator I produce quite a lot of video material quite a lot of video material quite a lot of video material now up until quite recently I never now up until quite recently I never now up until quite recently I never really bothered with backing up my video really bothered with backing up my video really bothered with backing up my video material mostly because the things that material mostly because the things that material mostly because the things that I create are well let's face it I I make I create are well let's face it I I make I create are well let's face it I I make pretty simple content I I share my pretty simple content I I share my pretty simple content I I share my screen I talk into the camera but I'm screen I talk into the camera but I'm screen I talk into the camera but I'm not out there with like a crew making not out there with like a crew making not out there with like a crew making lots of b-roll and that kind of thing lots of b-roll and that kind of thing lots of b-roll and that kind of thing I'm not that kind of producer so I I'm not that kind of producer so I I'm not that kind of producer so I always figured well my content is on always figured well my content is on always figured well my content is on YouTube and well great then it's backed YouTube and well great then it's backed YouTube and well great then it's backed up there up there up there well with everything that's happening in well with everything that's happening in well with everything that's happening in World politics you don't know what's World politics you don't know what's World politics you don't know what's going to happen and uh I actually am going to happen and uh I actually am going to happen and uh I actually am starting to become quite concerned of starting to become quite concerned of starting to become quite concerned of having all of my content on one platform having all of my content on one platform having all of my content on one platform and if that platform somehow maybe and if that platform somehow maybe and if that platform somehow maybe through an automation or a quirk in the through an automation or a quirk in the through an automation or a quirk in the system system decides that y your system system decides that y your system system decides that y your channel is going to be deleted channel is going to be deleted channel is going to be deleted everything's gone and I can't do everything's gone and I can't do everything's gone and I can't do anything if I somehow get banned from

anything if I somehow get banned from anything if I somehow get banned from YouTube Because you know I'm YouTube Because you know I'm YouTube Because you know I'm a I I'm a real foul mouth and I'm always a I I'm a real foul mouth and I'm always a I I'm a real foul mouth and I'm always hating on people right so sarcastic but hating on people right so sarcastic but hating on people right so sarcastic but I there is a chance that maybe someday I I there is a chance that maybe someday I I there is a chance that maybe someday I would get banned somehow without me would get banned somehow without me would get banned somehow without me knowing right it's a huge risk so I want knowing right it's a huge risk so I want knowing right it's a huge risk so I want to have all of my data all of my my my to have all of my data all of my my my to have all of my data all of my my my film material that I produce I need to film material that I produce I need to film material that I produce I need to store that somewhere so that I could store that somewhere so that I could store that somewhere so that I could re-upload that to a new channel to a re-upload that to a new channel to a re-upload that to a new channel to a different platform I don't know I put in different platform I don't know I put in different platform I don't know I put in a lot of hours in producing this content a lot of hours in producing this content a lot of hours in producing this content it's it's it should be mine and I should it's it's it should be mine and I should it's it's it should be mine and I should be able to upload that elsewhere if be able to upload that elsewhere if be able to upload that elsewhere if hits the hits the hits the fan also I'm running a business now I fan also I'm running a business now I fan also I'm running a business now I have my school community and I have my have my school community and I have my have my school community and I have my client work my freelance client work and client work my freelance client work and client work my freelance client work and I do work for several clients I do work for several clients I do work for several clients and it's starting to become increasingly and it's starting to become increasingly and it's starting to become increasingly complex to have all of this complex to have all of this complex to have all of this documentation and all of these repost documentation and all of these repost documentation and all of these repost all of these projects for several all of these projects for several all of these projects for several clients then that I need to store clients then that I need to store clients then that I need to store somewhere and to have it organized somewhere and to have it organized somewhere and to have it organized neatly and that I need to back up as neatly and that I need to back up as neatly and that I need to back up as well so that was also a big reason now well so that was also a big reason now well so that was also a big reason now my settle Casas that's of course my well my settle Casas that's of course my well my settle Casas that's of course my well arguably one of my most important assets arguably one of my most important assets arguably one of my most important assets ever it's like the complete distillation ever it's like the complete distillation ever it's like the complete distillation of all of my knowledge over the the past of all of my knowledge over the the past of all of my knowledge over the the past three years four years now and which three years four years now and which three years four years now and which also includes tons of my personal also includes tons of my personal also includes tons of my personal writing I I about three years ago I

writing I I about three years ago I writing I I about three years ago I switched from handwritten journals to switched from handwritten journals to switched from handwritten journals to digital journaling and basically I digital journaling and basically I digital journaling and basically I documented my entire life over the last documented my entire life over the last documented my entire life over the last three years in that settle Casten so three years in that settle Casten so three years in that settle Casten so losing that would be a huge huge loss so losing that would be a huge huge loss so losing that would be a huge huge loss so that is also something that I take good that is also something that I take good that is also something that I take good care of and like I mentioned earlier uh care of and like I mentioned earlier uh care of and like I mentioned earlier uh I'm I'm trying to reduce clutter in my I'm I'm trying to reduce clutter in my I'm I'm trying to reduce clutter in my life I have lots of paper lots of life I have lots of paper lots of life I have lots of paper lots of handwritten notebooks important papers handwritten notebooks important papers handwritten notebooks important papers all of that I want to have digital and all of that I want to have digital and all of that I want to have digital and uh I want to get rid of all of lot of my uh I want to get rid of all of lot of my uh I want to get rid of all of lot of my papers that I have lying around these papers that I have lying around these papers that I have lying around these stacks of papers and my notebooks I stacks of papers and my notebooks I stacks of papers and my notebooks I won't get rid of them but at least I can won't get rid of them but at least I can won't get rid of them but at least I can sleep soundly knowing that they are sleep soundly knowing that they are sleep soundly knowing that they are safely backed up so that is what I what safely backed up so that is what I what safely backed up so that is what I what I'm backing I'm backing I'm backing up now let's dive into how I'm backing up now let's dive into how I'm backing up now let's dive into how I'm backing this up this up this up so if you have have done any uh any so if you have have done any uh any so if you have have done any uh any backing up or if you have are somewhat backing up or if you have are somewhat backing up or if you have are somewhat familiar with this then you have familiar with this then you have familiar with this then you have probably heard of the 321 principle the probably heard of the 321 principle the probably heard of the 321 principle the 3:1 principle is like a golden standard 3:1 principle is like a golden standard 3:1 principle is like a golden standard of even Enterprise level of even Enterprise level of even Enterprise level backups where you keep three copies of backups where you keep three copies of backups where you keep three copies of your data you store two of these copies your data you store two of these copies your data you store two of these copies on uh different two different media on uh different two different media on uh different two different media types so let's say I have my Linux types so let's say I have my Linux types so let's say I have my Linux workstation then I my my cop my data is workstation then I my my cop my data is workstation then I my my cop my data is stored on the Linux stored on the Linux stored on the Linux workstation and one for example a USB

workstation and one for example a USB workstation and one for example a USB drive for example those are two copies drive for example those are two copies drive for example those are two copies of the data of the data of the data now the one here is keep one copy now the one here is keep one copy now the one here is keep one copy offside for offside for offside for safety so you would have your data a safety so you would have your data a safety so you would have your data a copy of your data and another copy that copy of your data and another copy that copy of your data and another copy that doesn't live on site that lives offsite doesn't live on site that lives offsite doesn't live on site that lives offsite this can be you know at your mother's this can be you know at your mother's this can be you know at your mother's house your friend's house or it can be house your friend's house or it can be house your friend's house or it can be in the cloud and I'm going to be in the cloud and I'm going to be in the cloud and I'm going to be explaining to you how I've been doing explaining to you how I've been doing explaining to you how I've been doing this myself in my strategy so keep three this myself in my strategy so keep three this myself in my strategy so keep three copies of your data store on two copies of your data store on two copies of your data store on two different media types and keep one different media types and keep one different media types and keep one offside for safety now this is of course offside for safety now this is of course offside for safety now this is of course for the most important for the most important for the most important data in my case not everything is going data in my case not everything is going data in my case not everything is going to be stored offsite in the cloud I have to be stored offsite in the cloud I have to be stored offsite in the cloud I have a cup C of extra strategies here uh one a cup C of extra strategies here uh one a cup C of extra strategies here uh one of them of them of them being um my field material so I'll I'll being um my field material so I'll I'll being um my field material so I'll I'll explain later but I my cloud storage is explain later but I my cloud storage is explain later but I my cloud storage is of course you have to pay for that and of course you have to pay for that and of course you have to pay for that and I'm am somewhat Limited in that but fill I'm am somewhat Limited in that but fill I'm am somewhat Limited in that but fill material can easily material can easily material can easily be at my current rate it's about two to be at my current rate it's about two to be at my current rate it's about two to 5 terabytes a year that I'm producing so 5 terabytes a year that I'm producing so 5 terabytes a year that I'm producing so that is something that I need to account that is something that I need to account that is something that I need to account for in my back backup strategy that I for in my back backup strategy that I for in my back backup strategy that I need to in 10 years I need to be able to need to in 10 years I need to be able to need to in 10 years I need to be able to have a solid backup strategy for 20 to have a solid backup strategy for 20 to have a solid backup strategy for 20 to 50 terabytes of data and that's still a 50 terabytes of data and that's still a 50 terabytes of data and that's still a pretty modest requirement I think uh in

pretty modest requirement I think uh in pretty modest requirement I think uh in as a content creator like if you are a a as a content creator like if you are a a as a content creator like if you are a a real content creator in terms of real content creator in terms of real content creator in terms of cinematography people who have lots of cinematography people who have lots of cinematography people who have lots of Boll and you know then those have if Boll and you know then those have if Boll and you know then those have if much higher requirements my requ much higher requirements my requ much higher requirements my requ requirements are fairly simple in that requirements are fairly simple in that requirements are fairly simple in that case so 3 to1 principle that's the case so 3 to1 principle that's the case so 3 to1 principle that's the principle that I've applied to all of my principle that I've applied to all of my principle that I've applied to all of my backups and then there's organization so backups and then there's organization so backups and then there's organization so I also took the time to really think I also took the time to really think I also took the time to really think about okay I'm going to make all of about okay I'm going to make all of about okay I'm going to make all of these backups but I also need to be able these backups but I also need to be able these backups but I also need to be able to find them I need to be able to to find them I need to be able to to find them I need to be able to quickly know where everything is I want quickly know where everything is I want quickly know where everything is I want to have everything neatly documented and to have everything neatly documented and to have everything neatly documented and I want to have everything neatly I want to have everything neatly I want to have everything neatly organized so I came across the Johnny organized so I came across the Johnny organized so I came across the Johnny decimal system for that I highly decimal system for that I highly decimal system for that I highly recommend this stuff I I already came recommend this stuff I I already came recommend this stuff I I already came across this in um in my not taking across this in um in my not taking across this in um in my not taking Journeys but I I never applied this to Journeys but I I never applied this to Journeys but I I never applied this to my not taking because it was a I was a my not taking because it was a I was a my not taking because it was a I was a bit too elaborate for that I didn't need bit too elaborate for that I didn't need bit too elaborate for that I didn't need that level of um organization in my that level of um organization in my that level of um organization in my notes but I am it's a system to organize notes but I am it's a system to organize notes but I am it's a system to organize your life and it's designed to help you your life and it's designed to help you your life and it's designed to help you find things quickly with more confidence find things quickly with more confidence find things quickly with more confidence and less stress so it's and less stress so it's and less stress so it's it's a way of organizing your your life it's a way of organizing your your life it's a way of organizing your your life and assigning unique identifiers to and assigning unique identifiers to and assigning unique identifiers to things and that really resonated with me things and that really resonated with me things and that really resonated with me I really like this approach how he does I really like this approach how he does I really like this approach how he does it so I highly recommend you go here and it so I highly recommend you go here and it so I highly recommend you go here and go to the workbook and then he explains

go to the workbook and then he explains go to the workbook and then he explains how to build your own system he has a how to build your own system he has a how to build your own system he has a quick start of a pack of a completely quick start of a pack of a completely quick start of a pack of a completely done structure for you and then he has a done structure for you and then he has a done structure for you and then he has a full Workshop as well and so if you get full Workshop as well and so if you get full Workshop as well and so if you get the workshop you get the template the the workshop you get the template the the workshop you get the template the workbook and everything it's only workbook and everything it's only workbook and everything it's only $60 this man deserves a lot of support $60 this man deserves a lot of support $60 this man deserves a lot of support so go there and buy it if you're so go there and buy it if you're so go there and buy it if you're interested because it's really well done interested because it's really well done interested because it's really well done workshop and it's it's just really workshop and it's it's just really workshop and it's it's just really helpful so check it out um again I don't helpful so check it out um again I don't helpful so check it out um again I don't know him but I'm just um I highly know him but I'm just um I highly know him but I'm just um I highly recommend it because it's great so I use recommend it because it's great so I use recommend it because it's great so I use that to organize my system and basically that to organize my system and basically that to organize my system and basically it comes down to that every backup that it comes down to that every backup that it comes down to that every backup that I have now has a unique identifier like I have now has a unique identifier like I have now has a unique identifier like this 45511 this 45511 this 45511 and then in my not taking system I have and then in my not taking system I have and then in my not taking system I have everything documented where everything everything documented where everything everything documented where everything lives where the the credentials are lives where the the credentials are lives where the the credentials are stored how I've backed it up what it stored how I've backed it up what it stored how I've backed it up what it contains and what my strategy for it and contains and what my strategy for it and contains and what my strategy for it and what my thinking is and everything that what my thinking is and everything that what my thinking is and everything that I'm backing up gets this kind of I'm backing up gets this kind of I'm backing up gets this kind of description so if I need to find this description so if I need to find this description so if I need to find this particular backup I can go to my particular backup I can go to my particular backup I can go to my sonology and just search for that ID and sonology and just search for that ID and sonology and just search for that ID and then I have it it's super super handy then I have it it's super super handy then I have it it's super super handy and basically feels like you're building and basically feels like you're building and basically feels like you're building your little Library your your own your little Library your your own your little Library your your own library and I um i' it's been a really library and I um i' it's been a really library and I um i' it's been a really enjoying process of taking the time and enjoying process of taking the time and enjoying process of taking the time and organizing it properly so I keep an organizing it properly so I keep an organizing it properly so I keep an index with descriptions I do that for index with descriptions I do that for index with descriptions I do that for everything now and this has been very

everything now and this has been very everything now and this has been very useful for me so let's dive into how how useful for me so let's dive into how how useful for me so let's dive into how how I'm actually doing this and what I'm I'm actually doing this and what I'm I'm actually doing this and what I'm using um for this so I spent a lot of using um for this so I spent a lot of using um for this so I spent a lot of time thinking about how I should time thinking about how I should time thinking about how I should approach this approach this approach this I already have a sonology disc station a I already have a sonology disc station a I already have a sonology disc station a d DSS 224 plus I already have this one d DSS 224 plus I already have this one d DSS 224 plus I already have this one and it currently has two 4 tbte drives and it currently has two 4 tbte drives and it currently has two 4 tbte drives now it's getting full so I'm going to now it's getting full so I'm going to now it's getting full so I'm going to swap those out with 20 terabyte drives swap those out with 20 terabyte drives swap those out with 20 terabyte drives and that is actually going to be enough and that is actually going to be enough and that is actually going to be enough for the next four years probably for in for the next four years probably for in for the next four years probably for in terms of storage which is great so I'm terms of storage which is great so I'm terms of storage which is great so I'm using this as my main Hub I'm the using this as my main Hub I'm the using this as my main Hub I'm the everything I decided that this is going everything I decided that this is going everything I decided that this is going to be my single point where everything to be my single point where everything to be my single point where everything lives because Synology has great lives because Synology has great lives because Synology has great software that I can use to create software that I can use to create software that I can use to create offsite backups which I'm going to show offsite backups which I'm going to show offsite backups which I'm going to show so this is my main Hub and then I'm also so this is my main Hub and then I'm also so this is my main Hub and then I'm also using Synology drive and this is great using Synology drive and this is great using Synology drive and this is great because it is it works on Linux on Mac because it is it works on Linux on Mac because it is it works on Linux on Mac OS everything so all of my devices are OS everything so all of my devices are OS everything so all of my devices are linked up to the senology drive and then linked up to the senology drive and then linked up to the senology drive and then all my my all of my important things my all my my all of my important things my all my my all of my important things my documents my whole Johnny Decimal System documents my whole Johnny Decimal System documents my whole Johnny Decimal System lives in the Sony drive and then lives in the Sony drive and then lives in the Sony drive and then whenever I make a change to it it gets whenever I make a change to it it gets whenever I make a change to it it gets pushed to the sonology and then when I pushed to the sonology and then when I pushed to the sonology and then when I open my MacBook I will have the same open my MacBook I will have the same open my MacBook I will have the same changes

changes changes so the devices that are looking towards so the devices that are looking towards so the devices that are looking towards my my sonology are mimir my Arch Linux my my sonology are mimir my Arch Linux my my sonology are mimir my Arch Linux desktop which is where I do 95% of my desktop which is where I do 95% of my desktop which is where I do 95% of my work these days even content creation work these days even content creation work these days even content creation I'm I'm shooting this on my Linux I'm I'm shooting this on my Linux I'm I'm shooting this on my Linux workstation everything happens there but workstation everything happens there but workstation everything happens there but I also have some tasks that sometimes I I also have some tasks that sometimes I I also have some tasks that sometimes I have to do on my MacBook or when I'm have to do on my MacBook or when I'm have to do on my MacBook or when I'm traveling or when I go to the office for traveling or when I go to the office for traveling or when I go to the office for my for my clients then I bring my my for my clients then I bring my my for my clients then I bring my MacBook and I want to make sure that all MacBook and I want to make sure that all MacBook and I want to make sure that all of my data that I have that I have of my data that I have that I have of my data that I have that I have available on my Linux machine the available on my Linux machine the available on my Linux machine the important stuff is automatically important stuff is automatically important stuff is automatically available to my MacBook as well I don't available to my MacBook as well I don't available to my MacBook as well I don't want to be bothering with having to sync want to be bothering with having to sync want to be bothering with having to sync that manually so I'm using Synology that manually so I'm using Synology that manually so I'm using Synology drive for that then my iPhone is also drive for that then my iPhone is also drive for that then my iPhone is also able to connect to it and I was on the able to connect to it and I was on the able to connect to it and I was on the train the other day and just trying to train the other day and just trying to train the other day and just trying to test it out and this is why I like the test it out and this is why I like the test it out and this is why I like the anology so much because it's just such anology so much because it's just such anology so much because it's just such good software that they have I was just good software that they have I was just good software that they have I was just on the train and I figured oh what if I on the train and I figured oh what if I on the train and I figured oh what if I needed to get this important document needed to get this important document needed to get this important document that I had before what if I needed to that I had before what if I needed to that I had before what if I needed to get that right now well all I did was get that right now well all I did was get that right now well all I did was like open my phone quick connect to the like open my phone quick connect to the like open my phone quick connect to the technology I was in there I could browse technology I was in there I could browse technology I was in there I could browse my drive and I had my PDF available in my drive and I had my PDF available in my drive and I had my PDF available in like 5 Seconds it was super super easy like 5 Seconds it was super super easy like 5 Seconds it was super super easy and this gives me a lot of uh calm and this gives me a lot of uh calm and this gives me a lot of uh calm knowing that if I'm for example hiking knowing that if I'm for example hiking knowing that if I'm for example hiking in the mountains in Norway and I need a in the mountains in Norway and I need a in the mountains in Norway and I need a client calls me he says oh dude I I I client calls me he says oh dude I I I client calls me he says oh dude I I I can't find this document can you please

can't find this document can you please can't find this document can you please uh check it if I'm hiking in the uh check it if I'm hiking in the uh check it if I'm hiking in the mountains well I just walk to a top if I mountains well I just walk to a top if I mountains well I just walk to a top if I have a bit of signal I just go to my have a bit of signal I just go to my have a bit of signal I just go to my sonology because I have everything sonology because I have everything sonology because I have everything nicely indexed I know exactly where to nicely indexed I know exactly where to nicely indexed I know exactly where to look and boom I can send it and that's look and boom I can send it and that's look and boom I can send it and that's how I can come across very how I can come across very how I can come across very professionally and I really like that uh professionally and I really like that uh professionally and I really like that uh the ideal approach to it that I can also the ideal approach to it that I can also the ideal approach to it that I can also use my iPhone for this and I can also use my iPhone for this and I can also use my iPhone for this and I can also eventually use this as my photo storage eventually use this as my photo storage eventually use this as my photo storage well I don't take a lot of pictures but well I don't take a lot of pictures but well I don't take a lot of pictures but um iCloud photos is great but I also um iCloud photos is great but I also um iCloud photos is great but I also want to have a separate copy that I own want to have a separate copy that I own want to have a separate copy that I own and I'm going planning to use Synology and I'm going planning to use Synology and I'm going planning to use Synology photos for that and finally there is my photos for that and finally there is my photos for that and finally there is my home lab so my kubernetes home lab has home lab so my kubernetes home lab has home lab so my kubernetes home lab has several nodes and all of these nodes are several nodes and all of these nodes are several nodes and all of these nodes are using the sonology is scui driver to using the sonology is scui driver to using the sonology is scui driver to provision persistent volume claims on provision persistent volume claims on provision persistent volume claims on the sonology directly so all of my the sonology directly so all of my the sonology directly so all of my persistent data in my kubernetes persistent data in my kubernetes persistent data in my kubernetes clusters is actually being provisioned clusters is actually being provisioned clusters is actually being provisioned on the sonology and using that as on the sonology and using that as on the sonology and using that as storage in addition I also have an NFS storage in addition I also have an NFS storage in addition I also have an NFS share that I can use across devices or share that I can use across devices or share that I can use across devices or pods in kubernetes to uh push and pool pods in kubernetes to uh push and pool pods in kubernetes to uh push and pool data that I need to share between data that I need to share between data that I need to share between them and the great thing about this them and the great thing about this them and the great thing about this anology is that it has uh well like I anology is that it has uh well like I anology is that it has uh well like I said it has great software so it's super said it has great software so it's super said it has great software so it's super easy to work with you just set it up and easy to work with you just set it up and easy to work with you just set it up and you put in a drives and it works and you put in a drives and it works and you put in a drives and it works and yeah I'm I'm really impressed with yeah I'm I'm really impressed with yeah I'm I'm really impressed with sonology I've been using it for about a

sonology I've been using it for about a sonology I've been using it for about a year now and I never got too deep into year now and I never got too deep into year now and I never got too deep into it I just needed to place for my it I just needed to place for my it I just needed to place for my persistent volume claims at the time but persistent volume claims at the time but persistent volume claims at the time but now I been using it more extensively and now I been using it more extensively and now I been using it more extensively and I must say I'm really impressed not I must say I'm really impressed not I must say I'm really impressed not sponsored by sonology at all just sponsored by sonology at all just sponsored by sonology at all just recommending them but if you're watching recommending them but if you're watching recommending them but if you're watching this anology get in touch with me this anology get in touch with me this anology get in touch with me because I would love to because I would love to because I would love to collaborate it has great software is collaborate it has great software is collaborate it has great software is super easy to work with like I said the super easy to work with like I said the super easy to work with like I said the sonology drive is uh is great because I sonology drive is uh is great because I sonology drive is uh is great because I just open up my drive and I get into my just open up my drive and I get into my just open up my drive and I get into my my system and everything is available my system and everything is available my system and everything is available there but also I can use the hyper there but also I can use the hyper there but also I can use the hyper backup feature which is great because backup feature which is great because backup feature which is great because this is where the 321 principle comes in this is where the 321 principle comes in this is where the 321 principle comes in right I'm I'm I have my data on my Linux right I'm I'm I have my data on my Linux right I'm I'm I have my data on my Linux workstation I'm backing that up to my workstation I'm backing that up to my workstation I'm backing that up to my sonology but I also need to U push that sonology but I also need to U push that sonology but I also need to U push that to an offsite location and this is where to an offsite location and this is where to an offsite location and this is where hyper backup comes in so my my main hyper backup comes in so my my main hyper backup comes in so my my main system where everything lives I call system where everything lives I call system where everything lives I call that system zero because everything that system zero because everything that system zero because everything originates from emptiness from zero originates from emptiness from zero originates from emptiness from zero that's my name of my system that's my name of my system that's my name of my system and I configured this to every day take and I configured this to every day take and I configured this to every day take a backup to an offside location in in I a backup to an offside location in in I a backup to an offside location in in I did a lot of research and again I'm not did a lot of research and again I'm not did a lot of research and again I'm not sponsored but I went with iDrive E2 sponsored but I went with iDrive E2 sponsored but I went with iDrive E2 which is basically S3 object storage for which is basically S3 object storage for which is basically S3 object storage for a very decent price um I'm paying $125 a very decent price um I'm paying $125 a very decent price um I'm paying $125 for the first year for 5 terabytes and

for the first year for 5 terabytes and for the first year for 5 terabytes and after the first year it's going to be after the first year it's going to be after the first year it's going to be 250 bucks for um per year so 2 50 bucks 250 bucks for um per year so 2 50 bucks 250 bucks for um per year so 2 50 bucks for 5 terabytes is is great I like for 5 terabytes is is great I like for 5 terabytes is is great I like iDrive because I can easily manage my iDrive because I can easily manage my iDrive because I can easily manage my buckets from a web interface but it also buckets from a web interface but it also buckets from a web interface but it also has backand for Synology but also restic has backand for Synology but also restic has backand for Synology but also restic which is the next thing I'm going to which is the next thing I'm going to which is the next thing I'm going to show you and it working very well has a show you and it working very well has a show you and it working very well has a good price so that's the provider I went good price so that's the provider I went good price so that's the provider I went with and what I also like is that I with and what I also like is that I with and what I also like is that I configure replication between the configure replication between the configure replication between the buckets uh across different regions that buckets uh across different regions that buckets uh across different regions that I have if I want to be completely secure I have if I want to be completely secure I have if I want to be completely secure so this is my offside location for my so this is my offside location for my so this is my offside location for my most important data however my fill most important data however my fill most important data however my fill material is going to be a lot more than material is going to be a lot more than material is going to be a lot more than 5 tabt eventually so what I'm planning 5 tabt eventually so what I'm planning 5 tabt eventually so what I'm planning to do with my field material is I'm to do with my field material is I'm to do with my field material is I'm going to store it on the sonology so going to store it on the sonology so going to store it on the sonology so that's my my first copy and then the that's my my first copy and then the that's my my first copy and then the second copy is going to live on a uh second copy is going to live on a uh second copy is going to live on a uh separate HDD drive so you have these uh separate HDD drive so you have these uh separate HDD drive so you have these uh HDD Drive HDD Drive HDD Drive drives by Western Digital like these drives by Western Digital like these drives by Western Digital like these kinds of things so this is just a hard kinds of things so this is just a hard kinds of things so this is just a hard drive it's basically a huge USB stick drive it's basically a huge USB stick drive it's basically a huge USB stick it's a 16 tbte USB stick and my plan is it's a 16 tbte USB stick and my plan is it's a 16 tbte USB stick and my plan is to then have my data um my my film to then have my data um my my film to then have my data um my my film material on the senology and then when material on the senology and then when material on the senology and then when and then occasionally I will take my HDD

and then occasionally I will take my HDD and then occasionally I will take my HDD Drive copy that data over and then store Drive copy that data over and then store Drive copy that data over and then store it at my mom's house for example or with it at my mom's house for example or with it at my mom's house for example or with my brother my brother my brother so I then I have the two copies one of so I then I have the two copies one of so I then I have the two copies one of my sonology one here and the thing for my sonology one here and the thing for my sonology one here and the thing for this data like it's not lifethreatening this data like it's not lifethreatening this data like it's not lifethreatening information the this fil material it information the this fil material it information the this fil material it needs to be safe but if I lose it it's needs to be safe but if I lose it it's needs to be safe but if I lose it it's not like I'm I'm I'm going to die and not like I'm I'm I'm going to die and not like I'm I'm I'm going to die and therefore I'm not going to go with the therefore I'm not going to go with the therefore I'm not going to go with the full 321 here uh having the three copies full 321 here uh having the three copies full 321 here uh having the three copies uh I think this is enough for my use uh I think this is enough for my use uh I think this is enough for my use case and also the thing is that Technic case and also the thing is that Technic case and also the thing is that Technic I do have three copies because I do have three copies because I do have three copies because everything also already lives in YouTube everything also already lives in YouTube everything also already lives in YouTube so that is my my strategy for so that is my my strategy for so that is my my strategy for that so with that I have my 321 setup uh that so with that I have my 321 setup uh that so with that I have my 321 setup uh properly done and then um that's is properly done and then um that's is properly done and then um that's is that's how I do it so I'm using the that's how I do it so I'm using the that's how I do it so I'm using the sonology to to back things up to the sonology to to back things up to the sonology to to back things up to the cloud now how do I get things on the cloud now how do I get things on the cloud now how do I get things on the sonology well there is the the sonology sonology well there is the the sonology sonology well there is the the sonology drive that I'm using for my iPhone and drive that I'm using for my iPhone and drive that I'm using for my iPhone and my MacBook and my Arch Linux workstation my MacBook and my Arch Linux workstation my MacBook and my Arch Linux workstation in terms of this sort of system zero in terms of this sort of system zero in terms of this sort of system zero that I use for all of my files and all that I use for all of my files and all that I use for all of my files and all of my important data but my of my important data but my of my important data but my actual um my actual system backup is actual um my actual system backup is actual um my actual system backup is done through a tool called restic and I done through a tool called restic and I done through a tool called restic and I have fallen completely in love with this have fallen completely in love with this have fallen completely in love with this tool like I'm this is one of these tools tool like I'm this is one of these tools tool like I'm this is one of these tools where you think how is this even free

where you think how is this even free where you think how is this even free because it works so well it took a bit because it works so well it took a bit because it works so well it took a bit of mental switches for me to get into of mental switches for me to get into of mental switches for me to get into the concept of a rtic repository and how the concept of a rtic repository and how the concept of a rtic repository and how that actually works but basically what I that actually works but basically what I that actually works but basically what I do is I have I I'm using restic to make do is I have I I'm using restic to make do is I have I I'm using restic to make daily backups from my um my home folder daily backups from my um my home folder daily backups from my um my home folder and a few other different and a few other different and a few other different configurations that are being backed up configurations that are being backed up configurations that are being backed up to my sonology and to my iDrive offside to my sonology and to my iDrive offside to my sonology and to my iDrive offside cloud storage so then I have three cloud storage so then I have three cloud storage so then I have three copies of the copies of the copies of the data one of them being offsite and that data one of them being offsite and that data one of them being offsite and that is how I do it and I'm using system D is how I do it and I'm using system D is how I do it and I'm using system D timers and custom scripts in order to timers and custom scripts in order to timers and custom scripts in order to make these backups with rtic and if you make these backups with rtic and if you make these backups with rtic and if you if you're interested in learning more if you're interested in learning more if you're interested in learning more about this then you should jump into my about this then you should jump into my about this then you should jump into my devops community you can find it at devops community you can find it at devops community you can find it at school.com cubecraft in here I will school.com cubecraft in here I will school.com cubecraft in here I will provide all of the scripts all of the provide all of the scripts all of the provide all of the scripts all of the configurations of my system D timers and configurations of my system D timers and configurations of my system D timers and what I'm exactly backing up from my Arch what I'm exactly backing up from my Arch what I'm exactly backing up from my Arch Linux system so if you're inspired by Linux system so if you're inspired by Linux system so if you're inspired by this video to also back up your systems this video to also back up your systems this video to also back up your systems properly you can just jump into the properly you can just jump into the properly you can just jump into the community and copy paste what I have community and copy paste what I have community and copy paste what I have done and you don't have to figure it out done and you don't have to figure it out done and you don't have to figure it out for yourself all the templates are going for yourself all the templates are going for yourself all the templates are going to be in the community in addition to be in the community in addition to be in the community in addition you're going to be joining a community you're going to be joining a community you're going to be joining a community of devops professionals that are going of devops professionals that are going of devops professionals that are going to help you set up your home lab and you to help you set up your home lab and you to help you set up your home lab and you can ask any question you like we will can ask any question you like we will can ask any question you like we will land you we will help you land your land you we will help you land your land you we will help you land your first devops job and also there's over

first devops job and also there's over first devops job and also there's over 40 hours of courses there's the 40 hours of courses there's the 40 hours of courses there's the cubecraft internship and you get access cubecraft internship and you get access cubecraft internship and you get access to an Enterprise Azure environment if to an Enterprise Azure environment if to an Enterprise Azure environment if you want to learn kubernetes as well so you want to learn kubernetes as well so you want to learn kubernetes as well so this is definitely the place to be if this is definitely the place to be if this is definitely the place to be if you're interested in getting a Tech you're interested in getting a Tech you're interested in getting a Tech Career or lifting your career to the Career or lifting your career to the Career or lifting your career to the next level so I'm pretty confident that next level so I'm pretty confident that next level so I'm pretty confident that my backup setup doesn't suck anymore I my backup setup doesn't suck anymore I my backup setup doesn't suck anymore I sleep really well knowing that my when sleep really well knowing that my when sleep really well knowing that my when my drive fails I can easily restore it my drive fails I can easily restore it my drive fails I can easily restore it from the internet from my offside from the internet from my offside from the internet from my offside location and I have a strategy for the location and I have a strategy for the location and I have a strategy for the future that I can use for my fi material future that I can use for my fi material future that I can use for my fi material and everything and everything and everything so I sleep much better now now that I've so I sleep much better now now that I've so I sleep much better now now that I've done it so I highly recommend that you done it so I highly recommend that you done it so I highly recommend that you do the same take the time to get your do the same take the time to get your do the same take the time to get your backups set set up properly because it's backups set set up properly because it's backups set set up properly because it's also going to teach you a good mindset also going to teach you a good mindset also going to teach you a good mindset for your work as well so thank you so for your work as well so thank you so for your work as well so thank you so much for watching and see you in the much for watching and see you in the much for watching and see you in the next video