192: What is your backup strategy? 📼

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In this episode, we talk about what a good backup strategy looks like and the

different kinds of data you should be backing up.

Stay safe and think about your backup strategies.

Shownotes

3-2-1 Backup Rule

• The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy (backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy)

• The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – An Efficient Data Protection Strategy (nakivo.com/blog/3-2-1-backup-rule-efficient-da…)

• Why 3-2-1 Backup Sucks (unitrends.com/blog/3-2-1-backup-sucks)

Backup Software

•
KG's primary Mac:

• SuperDuper! by Shirt Pocket (shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescript…) for bootable backups

• Arq Backup (arqbackup.com) for versioned backups -> Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage (backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html)

•
rsync script that KG uses:

This mirrors both drives defensively (-n is dry run)

rsync --partial --progress --archive --update \
--verbose\
--human-readable\
--exclude='$RECYCLE.BIN' --exclude='$Recycle.Bin' --exclude='.AppleDB' \
--exclude='.AppleDesktop' --exclude='.AppleDouble' --exclude='.com.apple.timemachine.supported'\
--exclude='.dbfseventsd' --exclude='.DocumentRevisions-V100*' --exclude='.DS_Store'\
--exclude='.fseventsd' --exclude='.PKInstallSandboxManager' --exclude='.Spotlight*'\
--exclude='.SymAV*' --exclude='.symSchedScanLockxz' --exclude='.TemporaryItems'\
--exclude='.Trash*' --exclude='.vol' --exclude='.VolumeIcon.icns' --exclude='Desktop DB'\
--exclude='Desktop DF' --exclude='hiberfil.sys' --exclude='lost+found'\
--exclude='Network Trash Folder' --exclude='pagefile.sys' --exclude='Recycled'\
--exclude='RECYCLER' --exclude='System Volume Information' --exclude='Temporary Items' --exclude='Thumbs.db'\
-n\
/Volumes/xhd_strg/ /Volumes/xhd_strg_bkp

Misc

• Wirecutter recommends SeaGate drives (thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-portable-hard-d…) instead of the Western Digital Kaushik uses 🤷‍♀️

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Contact

• @fragmentedcast (twitter.com/fragmentedcast) or our Youtube channel (youtube.com/channel/UC7fT84G-G25w7Bdd-e1rnyw/v…)

• @donnfelker (twitter.com/donnfelker) and instagram.com/donnfelker (on Instagram)

• kaushikgopal (youtube.com/user/kequinoxed/videos?view=0&…) (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal (twitter.com/kaushikgopal)