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Main home "server" is an Ubuntu system with a couple 2TB HDDs. It runs various services for IoT type stuff, has a few samba shares, houses my private git reposi

Main home "server" is an Ubuntu system with a couple 2TB HDDs. It runs various services for IoT type stuff, has a few samba shares, houses my private git repositories, backups from Raspberry Pi security cameras, etc. It is backed up to the cloud using a headless Crashplan install. I use git to store dotfiles, /etc/ config files, scripts, and such, in addition to normal programming projects. We back up photos from our iOS devices to this server using an app called PhotoSync. I also have an instance of the Google Photos Desktop Uploader running in a docker container using x11vnc / wine to mirror the photos to Google Photos (c'mon Google, why isn't there an official Linux client???). I'm really paranoid about losing family photos. I even update an offsite backup every few weeks using a portable HDD I keep at the office.

gerdesj 9y ago
"I'm really paranoid about losing family photos" No you aren't paranoid. Sensible. However, you've only just started. Try and do a restore every now and then from the HDDs. There is no such thing as paranoia when it comes to protecting your data.
- heywire 9y ago
  >Try and do a restore every now and then from the HDDs. Not only do I do that, but I also occasionally pull down some files from Crashplan just to make sure everything is backing up and working as expected.
  - gerdesj 9y ago
    Cover off longterm restores and you are pretty much good. Don't forget that families/friends can also effectively offsite each other's backups without invoking third parties. That does assume connectivity, storage etc. Also it does need managing 8)