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If you've got a copy of the data that's local, why are you opening up ports? Just run the backup job internally.
I'm also not fond of using SBCs as a NAS, by nature their I/O is extremely limited. It will probably work as a backup, but man do I not trust a USB interface at all.
I also recommend not relying on email for notifications - too unreliable. I use the healthchecks.io docker image and have it send me notifications via Pushover when something fails.
If you’ve got a copy of the data that’s local, why are you opening up ports? Just run the backup job internally.
I'm often not at home for weeks at a time.
but man do I not trust a USB interface at all.
Trust?
I also recommend not relying on email for notifications - too unreliable. I use the healthchecks.io docker image and have it send me notifications via Pushover when something fails.
I'll look into this thanks!
You don't need to be home for a cron job to run.
USB has a bad habit of randomly dropping off the bus until you reseat the cable or reset the device.
A few thoughts on this:
If it absolutely has to be Linux (does it?)
It's just what I'm familiar with, what would you suggest?
Why SFTP? Wouldn’t SCP be enough?
SFTP seemed like the simplest thing that Restic supported
Automatic updates are risky for a device that is supposed to run always. Instead, I would recommend sending update notifications and then manually applying an update from time to time. If the device no longer boots up, you often don’t even notice it.
Risky from a perspective of it crashing? I think I'm okay with that as I would notice it erroring out when I try and push the backups
Hi,
maybe use openwrt, it’s meant by to be used on cheap low end devices, don’t know how good the image is. https://github.com/Kazagumo/openwrt-orangepizero2
I personally use it on an discontinued WD mybook live duo. If you prefer an easy setup, be warned, it is not. ;) On the plus side, openwrts Luci is a good starting point for configuring of a lot of services, hdd spin down, monitoring, etc.
Use case: samba4, kopia destination from my VPS through Zerotier
Good luck with your setup!
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