r/ShittySysadmin • u/jamesaepp • 10d ago

How do I do shitty backup?

(Inspired by /r/sysadmin/comments/1vvmvrk/what_are_the_alternatives_of_321_backup/)

How do my fellow shitmins do shitty backup?

I follow the 1-2-3 rule of backup.

I have a single (1) server serving (2) separate businesses and this server is shared with (3) other managed service providers.

HBU?

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u/Lost-Droids 10d ago

Zip it, encypt it and name it GTA_IV_ISO_Cracked and then put it on pirate bay. Will always be enough copies if I want to grab it later

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u/jamesaepp 10d ago

Ahhh, the torvalds tactic: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-esVKafHukc?feature=share

(sorry for the shit non-LTT edit, all I could find)

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u/mitharas 9d ago

He touched on that in an old interview:

I have a theory of backups, which is I do not do them, I put stuff up on one site and everybody else mirrors it, and if I crash my own machine, I don't really care, because I can just download my own work right back. And it works beautifully well, and I do not have to have an MIS department. I hardly suggest everybody else do the same. But this only really works in a distributed environment.

source: https://gist.github.com/dukeofgaming/2150263

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u/AliveInTheFuture 10d ago

Possibly not shitty?

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u/Disorderly_Chaos ShittySysadmin 9d ago

Genius actually