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Backup Matrix⚓︎

Summary⚓︎

The following will be a matrix showing what machines back up to where, as well as what software is responsible for the backups.

Backup Matrix⚓︎

Hardware OS Backup Software Snapshot Software Snapshots Local Backup Cloud Backup NAS NAS to B2 Backup Interval
System76 Manjaro Vorta Backup Timeshift Yes Yes No Yes Yes Daily: Timeshift (12pm) / Vorta (2am)
Macbook Pro 13" (Dave) MacOS Backblaze Time Machine Yes No Yes Yes No Continuous: Backblaze / Time Machine
Macbook Pro 13" (Maria) MacOS Backblaze Time Machine Yes No Yes Yes No Continuous: Backblaze / Time Machine
Intel Nuc Ubuntu Server Rclone N/A No Yes Yes Yes Yes Daily: Varies due to Cron schedule

Backup Flow

OS drive snapshot → Local Internal Storage (~/Storage) → NAS (see Vorta Backup)

Local Internal Storage (~/Storage) → NAS (mounted at /mnt/backups) → NAS to B2

  • Continuous backup of:
    • OS drive
    • Sandisk flash drive
    • 3TB external drive

OS drive only ---> NAS (mounted at smb://192.168.1.6/Carbon Copy Cloner_Daves MBP)

  • Continuous backup of:
  • OS drive
  • Flash drive

OS drive only ---> NAS (mounted at smb://192.168.1.6/Time Machine Folder_Maria)

  • Local Internal Storage → NAS (mounted at /mnt/backups) → NAS to B2

Backup Diagram⚓︎

Note

The following diagram is mostly correct, although XCP-NG is no longer part of my homelab.

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