Need help with a 3-2-1 backup plan
I want to back up my PC files, Google Drive, Google Photos, and jellyfin library.
I have my PC, a NAS from Ugreen, and Google Drive, so that satisfies the 3-2-1 criteria, it's just about finding a way to essentially mirror everything to all 3 locations.
I've somewhat accomplished this by using Ugreen's built in software to sync my PC files to the NAS, and also to sync my Google Drive to my NAS.
From there, I needed a way to sync my PC to Google Drive, so I downloaded the Google Drive for Windows app so that I can mirror my PC files with Google Drive.
For Google Photos I downloaded the Autosync app for Android so I can sync my phone's photos to Google Drive, and thus from Google Drive to my NAS.
So basically all my data is on my PC, and my NAS, and Google Drive. But it feels a little convoluted and not sure if anyone knows of like one piece of software that could do all of this easier/better. Or maybe my system is fine.
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It might be worth looking into Proton and Resilio Sync
Proton has really competitive cloud storage pricing
And they support phone photo sync
I also find their desktop sync app a lot more intuitive
You could use Resilio to sync files from your PC and NAS with your cloud storage folder
And use Proton’s photo backup on your phone
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The cool thing about Resilio is that its peer to peer so you can sync remotely
As long as the device you want to sync from/to is online you’re gtg
And it works great locally
Okay awesome I'll check it out! Thanks
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The best thing you can do imo is get a massive HDD that fits all your files with room to spare and just clone everything on it to your nas and the cloud
So all your data is being pulled from a centralized drive
With redundancy
Yeah that's kinda what I'm trying to do by using the Google drive app for Windows so EVERYTHING is on my PC/Google Drive, and then I sync my PC to NAS with one tool and my Drive to NAS with another tool
(except Google Photos aren't on Drive so that requires a separate solution to get those photos into Google Drive and then to my NAS from there)
(also one more weird workaround I'm doing -- my jellyfin files are only on my NAS and I don't have enough storage on my PC, so I'm currently mirroring those files from my NAS to an external hd, and then from that external hd to Google Drive)
(point being, that's why I'm looking for a better potentially all-in-one solution)
Okay, new question -- is this whole "mirroring" thing really count as a "backup"? I was just thinking, if one gets deleted don't they all get deleted? And it would really only be a backup in the case that one of the copies becomes inaccessible, but not actually deleted?
In other words, mirroring or syncing files isn't really a "copy"?
It doesn't count as a backup if it gets mirrored in the same machine. Has to be to a different machine. Can do complete 'full backups' every time, or do small chunks of data at a time, eventually it will appear as 'mirrored'
you can also setup Resilio targets to be more than just read and write
I had been using Macrium Reflect, which can do scheduled full, differential, incremental and synthetic full backup types to multiple drives.
Macrium recently changed to a subscription plan, so I have been debating if I will stick with them. But I do trust the software.
Some good options (from when I researched the piece)
XDA
I replaced my Google Drive backups with Syncthing, BackBlaze, and T...
It's cheaper, respects my privacy, and is more streamlined
This is a good system example of how things work together
Google Drive doesn’t really fulfill the offsite as
1 it syncs from your devices so changes either side affect it
2 Google has lost data before
Backblaze is much better and cheaper
Just keep the network connection live for the minimum amount of days or else they delete the data (unless their policy has changed)
Interesting, Kopia looks like it could be a really good option for me