disaster recovery

Backup Restore Testing: Why Your Homelab Backups Are Probably Broken

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Self-hosted backups only work if you can actually restore them. Many homelab setups skip restore testing because it feels tedious, but that is exactly how silent data loss happens. A backup job can report success every day and still fail when you need it most. Restoring backups regularly is the only way to confirm your … Read more

Proxmox Backup Server Setup: Protect Your Homelab VMs and Containers

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Proxmox Backup Server

If you run a Proxmox homelab, the biggest risk isn’t hardware failure — it’s data loss. One misconfigured zfs destroy or failed VM update can wipe months of work. A Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) protects every VM, container, and dataset with efficient deduplication, compression, and incremental backups. Why PBS Instead of rsync or snapshots Proxmox … Read more