Hi, I’m looking for some advice to point be in the right direction for my data storage and backup.
Currently I just have Jellyfin and Immich set up on my laptop that runs Windows. At the moment my storage capacity requirements are pretty low (just close to 1TB). But I am concerned about data integrity, especially all my Photos and work files.
At the moment I have an old HDD and a new SSD that I backup to every month(two separate copies).
In a few months I will be going overseas. I plan to have a copy of all by data with me but I would also like to have it in my home ‘server!?’
Do I set up a machine new machine to hold the data? Or can I just continue using my laptop. Increasing storage requirements, resilience and ease of management when not physically available are a concern.
Again, I’m very new in my selfhosting journey and as Linux or sysadmin is not something I have exposure to (apart from memes on Lemmy) I would love to all of your suggestions for idiot proof setups. I’m willing to learn and tbh learning about docker and editing config files have been pretty fun so far and would switch to Linux if work permitted.
If you end up setting up a new server, downloading something like fedora server, installing docker, then portainer via CLI is very easy. Then you can use the portainer interface to manage your installs. If you end up doing this I would be happy to chat.
If you end up running a Linux server, rsync files instead of moving them to confirm they’re there without issue before deleting.
As for keeping your data safe, I would increase your backup frequency to at least once a week. Also keep your two backup drives in different locations in case something happens.