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DEVONtechnologies<p>Tip of the day: We are big advocates of being diligent in your backups, especially if your data is important to you. Full and incremental machine backups are a great idea, but you may want a specific backup for the data of our apps too. Here is, how you do that. <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/devonagent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devonagent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/devonthink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devonthink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/tipoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tipoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/tags/websearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websearch</span></a> <a href="https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250204-backup-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">devontechnologies.com/blog/202</span><span class="invisible">50204-backup-data</span></a></p>
SSFC KDT 💚💙⚽🌹💻🍺✌<p>Guys here's the thing</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> supposedly saved us millions on, by "converting them to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a>?"</p><p>Yeah. Those tapes ARE DIGITAL STORAGE</p>
Danie van der Merwe<p>How having an online backup saved my home server today</p><p>I have a physical server running at home that has a few services running on it, including Nginx Proxy Manager to route external network traffic to an OpenWebRx SDR that I host at home. The server boots off its own NVMe internal drive, but has two 4 ...continues</p><p>See <a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/how-having-an-online-backup-saved-my-home-server-today/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gadgeteer.co.za/how-having-an-</span><span class="invisible">online-backup-saved-my-home-server-today/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Danie<p><strong>How having an online backup saved my home server today</strong></p> <p><a href="https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-ec796e28-ced702d69dbf582b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">squeet.me/display/962c3e10-ec7</span><span class="invisible">96e28-ced702d69dbf582b</span></a></p>
intro<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@wandaO" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wandaO</span></a></span> </p><p>Man muss es einfach machen, jede/r entscheidet selbst wann das Jahr des <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on Desktop startet. <br>Dual Boot ist m.M.n eher hinderlich, bei "spezieller SW" die unersetzbar lebenswichtig vom AG für MA verpflichtetend ist, ist ein win in einer vbox schnell erstellt. <br><a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> sind für Computerversteher selbstverständlich😅 und du hast Backups! 😁<br>Dann kann es jetzt losgehen </p><p>have a lot of fun ;-)</p>
Sean O'Brien<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@evangreer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evangreer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.fightforthefuture.org/about/more?instance_actor=true" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fightforthefuture.org</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bsky.app</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@session" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>session</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@simplex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>simplex</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedomofpress</span></a></span> <br>🗃️ Backups: Wipe fearlessly.<br>Have full <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> stored <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/securely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>securely</span></a> before joining any protest. Depending on your threat model, cloud sync might be better than nothing — but understand you're <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/doxxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doxxing</span></a> to <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>. Instead, try to create encrypted *local* backups. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <a href="https://ssd.eff.org/module/what-should-i-know-about-encryption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ssd.eff.org/module/what-should</span><span class="invisible">-i-know-about-encryption</span></a></p>
Cédric Villemain<p>We just tackled a wild challenge with <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/PostgreSQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostgreSQL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> in a severely confined environment.<br>Due to, let's say, _unusual constraints_, we patched `pg_dump` to support `--format=qrcode`.</p><p>Yep, backups via QR codes on screen!</p><p>Blog's live—code coming soon! Stay tuned.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/WeirdBackups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdBackups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/DevOpsArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevOpsArt</span></a></p>
SeanBurlington<p>Today I'm researching better workflows to backup databases, and create sanitised copies for local development.</p><p>I'm not able to find a great deal of informative discussion around best practice.</p><p>Is this stuff more obvious than I think - or is it so under-the-radar-unsexy that industry practice is just not very good?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>database</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>This was a good read for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldBackupDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBackupDay2025</span></a> :</p><p><a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurity/availability/storage-longev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurit</span><span class="invisible">y/availability/storage-longev</span></a></p><p>I knew and have this information, in different files and formats on paper and electronically, but it's really nice to have it all in one place.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/d_history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>d_history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archives</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/longtermArchival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longtermArchival</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldBackupDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBackupDay</span></a></p>
mkj<p>Happy World Backup Day!</p><p>As they say on Qo'noS: Today is good day to not lose your data!</p><p>Don't forget to verify your backups from time to time. A backup you haven't checked that you can successfully restore from is worse than useless: it gives you a false sense of security.</p><p><a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/WorldBackupDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBackupDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backup</span></a> <a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a></p>
Paudlitschek<p><a href="https://www.kuriose-feiertage.de/world-backup-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kuriose-feiertage.de/world-bac</span><span class="invisible">kup-day/</span></a><br><a href="https://dresden.network/tags/WorldBackupDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBackupDay</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a></p>
ansuz / ऐरन<p>happy World Backup Day, nerds</p><p><a href="https://social.cryptography.dog/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a></p>
Kleiner Kalender<p>31.03.: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a> sind was für Feiglinge? Wer einmal Daten verloren hat weiß, wie schlimm das ist. Am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldBackupDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBackupDay</span></a> sind alle dazu aufgerufen, ihre Daten zu sichern und sich der Bedeutung regelmäßiger Backups bewusst zu werden. @WorldBackupDay <a href="https://www.kleiner-kalender.de/02397c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">kleiner-kalender.de/02397c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kettwachsler<p>Für <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> gibt es für <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a>: </p><p>Google <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Takeout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takeout</span></a>: <a href="https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">takeout.google.com/settings/ta</span><span class="invisible">keout</span></a></p><p>Ist einfach, geht schnell. Besser als nichts.</p><p>Kann man anstoßen und dann wird man benachrichtigt, wenn das Archiv (zip) fertig erstellt wurde.</p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/unplugTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugTrump</span></a></p>
Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/worldbackupday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbackupday</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/dataloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataloss</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/@copystar/114245821296357412" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.coop/@copystar/11424582</span><span class="invisible">1296357412</span></a></p>
Jonathan Matthews<p>I'm looking for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CloudStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudStorage</span></a> providers, in an effort to:<br>a) sort out where I put my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a>, and<br>b) not trawl the internet to aggregate this data myself!</p><p>I'm looking for basic info (pricing; access protocols; hosting locations; data sovereignty), and also facts about the provider such as public/private ownership, tax residency, and ultimate beneficial ownership.</p><p>I'm more than happy to glue disparate datasets together: do you have any pointers? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/s3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>s3</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rclone</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/restic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restic</span></a></p>
Robert Lemke<p>Ihr kennt das: Man entwickelt ein tolles neues Feature –&nbsp;aber dann noch Release Notes oder einen Blog Post schreiben? Dann lieber wieder was entwickeln.</p><p>So haben wir das jetzt mit Flownative Beach ganz schön lange gehandhabt aber es hilft ja nichts, wir müssen ja auch mal darüber schreiben, was es alles so Neues gibt … </p><p>Also: Man kann jetzt mit wenigen Klicks Daten einer Beach Instanz in eine andere synchronisieren – über Backups.</p><p><a href="https://www.flownative.com/de/blog/neu-in-beach-backups-wiederherstellen.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flownative.com/de/blog/neu-in-</span><span class="invisible">beach-backups-wiederherstellen.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flownative.social/tags/neoscms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoscms</span></a> <a href="https://flownative.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a></p>
Erik Play2Learn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@carrieberry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carrieberry</span></a></span> Was it backed up? Was it <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativecommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativecommons</span></a> licensed? Then there's nothing they can do about it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openlicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openlicensing</span></a> means <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resilience</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> resilience. Also: Don't forget to do <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a>.</p>
Kettwachsler<p>oh, hatte gar nicht gewusst, dass <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/KeepassXC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepassXC</span></a> auch auf einem lokalen Pfad <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a> speichern kann, selbst wenn die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Datenbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenbank</span></a> woanders liegt.</p><p>Das hilft.</p>
Prof. Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker<p>Wenn die <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a> vom Auswärtigen Amt über die technische Infrastruktur von Elon <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> übertragen werden: Eine Anfrage an die <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bundesregierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bundesregierung</span></a> legt die schon bestehenden Abhängigkeiten zum Satellitennetz <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> offen - und die sind kritisch. Selbst eine Verschlüsselung hilft wenig, wenn getreu dem Motto "store now, decrypt later" gearbeitet wird. Aber das ist ja nichts Neues:</p><p><a href="https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-behoerden-nutzen-elon-musks-starlink-in-sensiblen-bereichen-ESGIQN66C5GZJDRFFTPJ6JN3HE.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnd.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-beh</span><span class="invisible">oerden-nutzen-elon-musks-starlink-in-sensiblen-bereichen-ESGIQN66C5GZJDRFFTPJ6JN3HE.html</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>