Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} High capacity backup plan needed

[Grant]

>> I'm struggling to come up with a plan for making backups that is both
>> effective and economical.  I have 4 Gentoo systems:
>>
>> 1. strong local desktop
>> 2. weak local desktop
>> 3. laptop
>> 4. hosted remote server
>>
>> I'd like to backup the important system and data files from each of
>> these systems, plus my entire (growing) music collection which is
>> stored on system #1.  I'd like these backups to be safe in case of
>> fire, theft, hard drive crash, etc.  The system and data files are not
>> a problem to encrypt, archive, store, and rsync across systems #1 and
>> #4 because their size is relatively small.  However, my music
>> collection is big and growing and I'd like to have 1TB available for
>> it.  I'm not sure how to handle that.
>
> [...]
>>
>> I could set up NAS storage at a friend's place.  We both have
>> Suddenlink cable connections so the throughput should be alright.  I
>> don't like running a non-Gentoo system though, even if it is just NAS.
>>  Plus he uses a Netgear router which needs to be reset periodically.
>
> The router is a problem, but one which can be solved by buying a replacement
> (which should be cheap compared with the costs for a NAS or a 1TB disk.
>
> Concerning the NAS, why don't you build one yourself? It's no more than 4
> HDDs, a cheap system and an NFS- or Samba- and SSH-server, really.

I think that's what I'll do.  Thanks a lot for your input.

- Grant