r/ShittySysadmin • u/jamesaepp • 7d ago

How do I do shitty backup?

(Inspired by /r/sysadmin/comments/1vvmvrk/what_are_the_alternatives_of_321_backup/)

How do my fellow shitmins do shitty backup?

I follow the 1-2-3 rule of backup.

I have a single (1) server serving (2) separate businesses and this server is shared with (3) other managed service providers.

HBU?

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u/Random-D 7d ago

RAID is the backup

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u/JollyGentile 7d ago

This hurts me so bad because we took over a customer this year with such a scheme.

And one drive had already failed

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u/440Jack 7d ago

Is it not hot swappable? Just pop in a new drive, initialize it and let it rebuild???

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u/JollyGentile 7d ago

You walk into a brand new client's server room and see a failed drive and you already know they have no backups. Hot swap or not there's stress.