#Setup more than one storage location for backup.

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sullen field
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I want to setup two different harddrives for backup for my immich server. what edits should i do in my .env files in upload location.
System : linux mint, running immich as docker compose.

latent dewBOT
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cloud hound
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Immich can't save to two locations. You should be using a proper backup solution instead.

latent dewBOT
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So when people say "x is not a backup tool" what they are actually saying is "you probably don't actually want a single point in time copy of your data", which is what that tool is doing.

And that "backup tools" exist today that:

  • can run on a schedule
  • only copy new/changed data (incremental)
    keep track of changes over time in the backup, with the option to restore to a previous version

This gives you the ability to recover a file that was deleted some time ago, restore to a point prior to data corruption, etc., all while being space efficient (similar blocks are deduplicated)

Popular backup tools are restic and borg.

cloud hound
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Couldn't figure out how to get to that haha. I guess it's /messages?

sullen field
frigid kite
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Then you should be using something like RAID or ZFS

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