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For macOS, Time Machine can do automatic backups to a mounted NAS volume over WiFi. So my Macbook backs up to a ZFS 3-way mirror. Important files are also store
by guitarbill 8y ago
For macOS, Time Machine can do automatic backups to a mounted NAS volume over WiFi. So my Macbook backs up to a ZFS 3-way mirror. Important files are also stored in DropBox. That's how I get relatively hassle free 3-2-1 backups.
For Windows, a similar strategy is possible, but I consider my Windows box disposable (only gaming), so don't have much recent experience.
- mgsouth 8y agoI stopped using TM. It had (maybe still does) the really nasty habit of corrupting the virtual backup volume when my laptop's connection to the server was interrupted. You know, like closing the lid and taking it in to work. The TM volumes were on a Netatalk server; _it_ had no problem maintaining a consistent wrapper volume (the files inside it, including the TM virtual containers, were always perfect), but TM apparently made/makes non-journaled, non-atomic internal writes.
- HenryBemis 8y agoJust a risk I see here, you have everything IN your home.. laptop, backup. Unless your NAS is somewhere (not your home's internal wifi network but a WLAN). Consider a Carbonite (or similar) that has infinite backup space to make sure you have the 'offsite' covered.
- guitarbill 8y agoDropbox solves that to a certain degree, too, and provides cross OS sync for the files I care about most. Honestly though, low effort is very important for me. After all, any solution is simply reducing the odds, not completely eliminating them.