vRops: Beware of the Filters
The other day we were messing around with VMware vRealize Operations Manager a.k.a. vRops. My customer wanted to have a clear overview of virtual machines being over- or undersized. I like to use default…
Homelab Synology backup strategy
A while ago I finally had some attention for my much beloved data. I gave some thought on how my data would be safe if disaster would struck, like my Synology NAS catching fire. Or worse, my house…
So when I speak of ‘my beloved data’, I am talking about:
- Homelab data (VM’s etc.)
- Personal documents
- Photos & videos
I could live with my homelab data being lost. I would not be a happy man, but a complete homelab reinstall would be possible without any backup. However, if one can avoid the loss of data, one should. 🙂
More important however, are my personal documents and my photos/videos. Those are invaluable to me! I wanted to make sure that all this data is centralized on my Synology NAS and I have the requirement for an off-site backup. The off-site backup would have to be affordable while growing in GB’s. The RTO would not matter that much as long as I’m able to recover the data.
Also, I would like to reduce the number of cloud storage solutions (Google Drive, Onedrive, Dropbox) and their associated clients.
The diagram below shows the setup I came up with:
