
Actually it can automate everything, but I choose to keep some decisions on approval basis.

I use SyncBack Free version, which allows me to autmoate most of the process. Backups are fully manual in my case, literally having to flip a power switch on the backup server, logging in remotely, and initiating the backup process. Consumer level RAID 1 is for the most part useless unless you get read speed aggregation, which most store-bought enclosures do not have.įor my entire collection (music, movies, documents, and miscellaneous files), I have it stored on three USB external drives totaling 32TB, served 24x7 by two Raspberry Pi4s, with a complete offline backup server that has the exact same data capacity.

Which means that you have to backup regularly, but you are protected in the case of full drive failure.
