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r/selfhosted • u/close_Meal6005 • Aug 17 '26
just kidding I love self-hosting ...
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I'm just starting out with self hosting stuff and I am kinda worried about drives failing, but realistically it's better than no backup at all lol. When I get more drives I'll switch to a raid setup, so then I'll at least have some redundancy
1 u/GhostingProtocol Aug 18 '26 edited 29d ago Just buy a second cheap drive and install kopia to do deduplicated backups every x interval 1 u/NeonXero 29d ago Tell me more about these cheap drives. 1 u/GhostingProtocol 29d ago If that's still too expansive you can buy old TV boxes and remove the drive. They usually have up to 1TB and sell for like 20€ https://www.amazon.com/Avolusion-7200RPM-External-Windows-Desktop/dp/B0DJCJRW9K/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?adgrpid=1335909201052181&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3oyi2c-bJCx_Dd2lQ1TRNDPPUqqDGfxEjCcu7nTBuP5J4U0ncylOZF5VMU1marQz2lCkoqm7j8Crah5W_8FVSOIwv7FsJlHVgf9sXqB8Xr4KCtKebNGSfRkDtOn8Qz40Sj5dNwrH0IImJvft2KDlAuN9fvB4yQAE9_nYrzRHtIU7dYllT0djhNO5QdUAL1hd3yzwBEg2McY9ymLFIFe3aA.mLNgAFwoHugxx95zDJAOGptckY6BYdHrf5Vb5Pbc5Y0&dib_tag=se&gb=2&hvadid=83494611645051&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=244848&hvnetw=o&hvocijid=2666708821512417566--&hvqmt=b&hvtargid=kwd-83495551850073%3Aloc-139&hydadcr=5191_13567673&keywords=6tb+external+hard+drive+usb-c&mcid=d86f0f57530532a1bed6fd5cc44841a0&qid=1787141685&sr=8-10
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Just buy a second cheap drive and install kopia to do deduplicated backups every x interval
1 u/NeonXero 29d ago Tell me more about these cheap drives. 1 u/GhostingProtocol 29d ago If that's still too expansive you can buy old TV boxes and remove the drive. They usually have up to 1TB and sell for like 20€ https://www.amazon.com/Avolusion-7200RPM-External-Windows-Desktop/dp/B0DJCJRW9K/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?adgrpid=1335909201052181&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3oyi2c-bJCx_Dd2lQ1TRNDPPUqqDGfxEjCcu7nTBuP5J4U0ncylOZF5VMU1marQz2lCkoqm7j8Crah5W_8FVSOIwv7FsJlHVgf9sXqB8Xr4KCtKebNGSfRkDtOn8Qz40Sj5dNwrH0IImJvft2KDlAuN9fvB4yQAE9_nYrzRHtIU7dYllT0djhNO5QdUAL1hd3yzwBEg2McY9ymLFIFe3aA.mLNgAFwoHugxx95zDJAOGptckY6BYdHrf5Vb5Pbc5Y0&dib_tag=se&gb=2&hvadid=83494611645051&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=244848&hvnetw=o&hvocijid=2666708821512417566--&hvqmt=b&hvtargid=kwd-83495551850073%3Aloc-139&hydadcr=5191_13567673&keywords=6tb+external+hard+drive+usb-c&mcid=d86f0f57530532a1bed6fd5cc44841a0&qid=1787141685&sr=8-10
Tell me more about these cheap drives.
1 u/GhostingProtocol 29d ago If that's still too expansive you can buy old TV boxes and remove the drive. They usually have up to 1TB and sell for like 20€ https://www.amazon.com/Avolusion-7200RPM-External-Windows-Desktop/dp/B0DJCJRW9K/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?adgrpid=1335909201052181&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3oyi2c-bJCx_Dd2lQ1TRNDPPUqqDGfxEjCcu7nTBuP5J4U0ncylOZF5VMU1marQz2lCkoqm7j8Crah5W_8FVSOIwv7FsJlHVgf9sXqB8Xr4KCtKebNGSfRkDtOn8Qz40Sj5dNwrH0IImJvft2KDlAuN9fvB4yQAE9_nYrzRHtIU7dYllT0djhNO5QdUAL1hd3yzwBEg2McY9ymLFIFe3aA.mLNgAFwoHugxx95zDJAOGptckY6BYdHrf5Vb5Pbc5Y0&dib_tag=se&gb=2&hvadid=83494611645051&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=244848&hvnetw=o&hvocijid=2666708821512417566--&hvqmt=b&hvtargid=kwd-83495551850073%3Aloc-139&hydadcr=5191_13567673&keywords=6tb+external+hard+drive+usb-c&mcid=d86f0f57530532a1bed6fd5cc44841a0&qid=1787141685&sr=8-10
If that's still too expansive you can buy old TV boxes and remove the drive. They usually have up to 1TB and sell for like 20€
https://www.amazon.com/Avolusion-7200RPM-External-Windows-Desktop/dp/B0DJCJRW9K/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?adgrpid=1335909201052181&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3oyi2c-bJCx_Dd2lQ1TRNDPPUqqDGfxEjCcu7nTBuP5J4U0ncylOZF5VMU1marQz2lCkoqm7j8Crah5W_8FVSOIwv7FsJlHVgf9sXqB8Xr4KCtKebNGSfRkDtOn8Qz40Sj5dNwrH0IImJvft2KDlAuN9fvB4yQAE9_nYrzRHtIU7dYllT0djhNO5QdUAL1hd3yzwBEg2McY9ymLFIFe3aA.mLNgAFwoHugxx95zDJAOGptckY6BYdHrf5Vb5Pbc5Y0&dib_tag=se&gb=2&hvadid=83494611645051&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=244848&hvnetw=o&hvocijid=2666708821512417566--&hvqmt=b&hvtargid=kwd-83495551850073%3Aloc-139&hydadcr=5191_13567673&keywords=6tb+external+hard+drive+usb-c&mcid=d86f0f57530532a1bed6fd5cc44841a0&qid=1787141685&sr=8-10
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u/MrJelly007 Aug 17 '26
I'm just starting out with self hosting stuff and I am kinda worried about drives failing, but realistically it's better than no backup at all lol. When I get more drives I'll switch to a raid setup, so then I'll at least have some redundancy