8263ksbr

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[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Never recording videos... That is outrageous ;) Interesting train of thought, though. Video is the main data hog on my drives. It's easy to mess up the compression. At the same time is combines audio, image and time in one easy to consume file. Personally, i would miss it.

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that was a rabbit hole of information, links and ideas. Thanks a lot. I reached a point of what I would call "satisfaction" https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/selecting-storage-media.pdf was back linked by Nestor and it seems to give me an idea of what I'll do next. Thanks again 👍

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

"The strength is in the diversity of the mediums" I like that. Should be part of the book of Zen for Backups. Thank you for your insights.

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

M-disk, never heard of that. I got a quick research done and it seems to be exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Interesting take on the test process. Never really thought of that. I just trusted in rsyncs error messages. Maybe I write a script to automate those checks. Thanks

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Good advice. My off-site is my brother's place.

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Checked it out, thanks. I have to figure out, how it compares to my rsync Script

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So you would suggest to get bigger and bigger storages?

I really like and can embrace the philosophical part. I do delete rigorously data. At the same time, i once had a data lost, because I was young and stupid and tried to install Suse without an backup. I still am sad to not to be able to look at the images of me and my family from this time. I do look at those pictures/videos/recordings from time to time. It gives me a nice feeling of nostalgia. Also grounds me and shows me how much have changed.

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is an always ON approach? For example with an NAS? While that is a very save approach, it does not fit the idea of having something "on the shelf". Thank you for the advice though :)

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Ugh, sounds icky. Thanks for the advice:)

 

Hi,

I’m not sure if this is the right community for my question, but as my daily driver is Linux, it feels somewhat relevant.

I have a lot of data on my backup drives, and recently added 50GB to my already 300GB of storage (I can already hear the comments about how low/high/boring that is). It's mostly family pictures, videos, and documents since 2004, much of which has already been compressed using self-made bash scripts (so it’s Linux-related ^^).

I have a lot of data that I don’t need regular access to and won’t be changing anymore. I'm looking for a way to archive it securely, separate from my backup but still safe.

My initial thought was to burn it onto DVDs, but that's quite outdated and DVDs don't hold much data. Blu-ray discs can store more, but I'm unsure about their longevity. Is there a better option? I'm looking for something immutable, safe, easy to use, and that will stand the test of time.

I read about data crystals, but they seem to be still in the research phase and not available for consumers. What about using old hard drives? Don’t they need to be powered on every few months/years to maintain the magnetic charges?

What do you think? How do you archive data that won’t change and doesn’t need to be very accessible?

Cheers

[–] 8263ksbr@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Had no problem with Linux mint 21.x.

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Hi, just recently it's foss had an article about homelabs. Of course I digged in, since there is a small nuc working tirelessly in the corner of my routers closet. So far it just crawls some web pages for me and sends emails accordingly to my filters. So I hoped to find new exciting stuff to let it crunch through. The articles content did not spark my interest though.

Well, I'd like to know what you are using on your homelab. In hope you'll do something I'd like to follow. Cheers


Thank you all for your recommendations. You are awesome. I really need to go through it one by one.


To make it easier for myself, this is a small summary of all your recommendations. Thanks again.

Virtualization and Infrastructure:

  • Proxmox VE - Virtualization platform
  • NGINX Proxy Manager - Reverse proxy manager
  • Tailscale - Secure network access
  • apt cacher NG - Package caching tool
  • neko - Virtualized browser for secure browsing

Monitoring and Notification:

  • Uptime Kuma - System monitoring tool
  • Netdata - Real-time monitoring
  • Zabbix - Enterprise monitoring solution
  • Ntfy - Notification tool

Media Serving and Management:

  • AudioBookShelf - Audio book management
  • Jellyfin - Media server
  • Syncthing - File synchronization
  • Calibre-Web - Ebook management
  • Spotweb - Usenet indexing
  • Plex - Media player
  • Komga - Comics and eBooks

File Sharing and Collaboration:

  • Syncthing - File synchronization
  • Gitea - Git hosting platform
  • Sharry - Secure file sharing
  • Vaultwarden - Password manager
  • Stash - Data repository
  • Baserow - Database management
  • wiki.js - Wiki platform
  • Wordpress - Content management system

Development and Version Control:

  • BOINC - Distributed computing
  • Forgejo - Git repository
  • Gitea - Git hosting platform
  • Development environment LXCs with VS Code

Networking and Communication:

  • Traefik - Reverse proxy
  • Portainer - Container management
  • Matrix (dendrite) server - Chat server
  • Navidrome - Music server
  • Joplin server - Note-taking server
  • RSS-Bridge - RSS feed aggregator
  • SearXNG - Metasearch engine
  • Dashy - Homepage for services

Miscellaneous:

  • ActualBudget - Budget management
  • SabNZBd - Usenet downloader
  • Traccar - GPS tracking
  • Restic server - Backup tool
  • dump1090 + fr24feed + pfclient + piaware + rbfeeder + adsbexchange - ADS-B data tools
  • Stirling-PDF - PDF management
  • Miniflux - RSS feed reader
  • Pihole - Network-wide ad blocker
  • Huginn - Automation tool
  • LimeSurvey - Survey software
  • Omada controller - Network management for TP-Link devices
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