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Additional steps for self hosted nas (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by ydvadi_@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Hi everyone i am fairly new to this self hosting and all i am currently using dell optiplex 7050 and ubuntu server with a portable hdd attached to dell optiplex..on which i just have installed samba to access files and jellyfin I was reading something raid do i need those as per my usage and if someone can guide me which one would be best (if it is necessary) and also i am looking for cloud thing like next cloud if you suggest that as well

Thankyou whole community for any help

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[–] GolemancerVekk@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You do not need RAID. But if I were you I'd get a second HDD and back up files to it once a month. You don't need to keep this 2nd HDD running, just bring it out for backups. There are lots of nice backup solutions on Linux you can use, I can recommend BorgBackup – it takes snapshots and it does compression, deduplication and optionally encryption.