Hello, so, I have been self-hosting some basic stuff recently, including data storage so i don’t have to rely on external services like google drive.
It’s working fine, but I wondered what would be the best backup solutions in case something unexpected and unfortunate happens (accidentally wipe out everything, drives dying, electrical issues, house burning down, that sort of thing).
I was wondering if more experienced self-hosters had recommendations about that ?
Maybe storing a physical drive in an especially sturdy box ? Perhaps using distant cold storage solutions ? Or even something I have never heard of ?


Veeam VBR (+NFR license)
Backs my
Windows PC
Several ProxMox VMs
Linux servers
to my NAS (NFS TrueNAS)
and on occassion an external HDD I keep at work.
1 of which is at home, the other at my work desk.