3-2-1 Backup Plan

3 Copies of data

Keeping multiple copies of your data—at least three.

[Primary] Synology NAS
- Types of data (where NAS is primary storage)
  - User Files [~1 TB]
    - [1st] OneDrive (Cloud Sync)
    - [2nd] NAS B2 Encrypted Upload
  - Configuration Files
    - [1st] Snapshot
      - Proxmox (9:00pm) -> NAS (where snapshots are taken)
    - [2nd]
  - Device Backups
    - [1st]
    - [2nd]
  - Family Photos & Videos [~1.5 TB]
    - [1st] Blackblaze B2 [tbc] (encrypted, oneway upload)
    - [2nd] NAS B2 Encrypted Upload
    - [3rd] Hard Disk [not updated] (offline) (oneway transfer)
  - Downloadable Media
    - Not that important, maybe OneDrive only
[Primary] OneDrive
- [1st] Cloud Sync to Synology
- [2nd] NAS B2 Upload
[Primary] Personal Devices (laptops, PC, etc.)
- [1st]
  - Mac - Synology Active Backup for Business (hourly) -> ActiveBackupforBusiness
    - Snapshots (Daily at 5am)
  - Windows - Synology ABB / Veeam / ?
  - Linux - Rsync Cron (daily at 10pm) -> NetBackup
    - Snapshots (Daily at 5:30am)
- [2nd] NAS B2 Encrypted Upload
[Primary] Servers
- [1st] Synology ABB (daily) / rclone ?
- [2nd] NAS B2 Encrypted Upload
- * Ansible w/ GitHub?
[Primary] Proxmox
- [1st] (1:30) NAS through PBS How To: Setup Synology NFS for Proxmox Backup Server Datastore
  - (1:00) Prune
  - (2:30) Verify
  - (3:00) Garbage Collection
- [2nd] (4:00) NAS Encrypted Upload to OneDrive

Storing copies of your data in geographically separate locations.

Keeping at least one copy off-site for quick recoveries.

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To save storage space, don't back-up data that can be redownloaded

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DSM Update is at 4:30 AM