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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 74 points 3 days ago (4 children)

When's the last time you checked if your backup solution works?

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 68 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But if my backups actually work then I miss out on the joy of rebuilding everything from scratch and explaining to my wife why non of the lights in the house work anymore.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Carry around a candle in one of those old timey holders like Scrooge Mcduck

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago

Yesterday! Switched my media server from freebsd to alpine and got the arr stack all set up using the backup zip files

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago

Backup? Psh... That's what the lab is for.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What's a backup solution..? (I'm only being half sarcastic, I really need to set one up, but it's not as "fun" as the rest of my homelab, open to suggestions)

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I at least have external backups for important family pics and docs! But yea the homelab itself is severely lacking. If it dies, I get to start from scratch. Been gambling for years that "I'll get around to a backup solution before it dies". I wouldn't bet on me :|