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Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts
When a datacenter fire threatened 142 of my servers, my backup strategy had them back online in hours. This post shares my personal philosophy on creating a resilient system, focusing on the crucial planning that must happen before you write a single script.
Solutions like Proxmox offer easy management of full disk backups, accessible via command line or web interface. Generally, I prefer centralized backup systems on dedicated servers, maintained in highly secure environments with minimal services running. Over the years, I've favored having granular control over backups, often finding the need to recover specific files or emails accidentally deleted by clients.
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