Posts about Backup

Backing up Linux home server using restic

July 11th 2025 Backup Synology Restic

Since I bought an ASUS NUC some months ago to act as my home lab server, I started to rely on a couple of applications running on it. That meant it was time to set up a proper backup as a safeguard in case of a disaster. I chose restic as the backup tool.

Backup setup for my Synology NAS

July 4th 2025 Backup Synology Hetzner

As I'm slowly replacing cloud services with self-hosted ones, I'm relying on my Synology NAS more and more. This encouraged me to rethink its backup strategy. I configured two separate backups: one to an external USB drive, one to Hetzner Storage Box. This allowed me to follow the 3-2-1 backup rule.