Network Backup Storage with NAS, rsync, ssh public key set up.
In my previous post I shared how to transfer huge files without using cloud services. Point-to-point. Today we move a step further by giving a try to a personal dropbox-like cloud service. It is not a secret for anyone that having no backup is like playing with fire. The HDD/SSD might never die or it might be a matter of time to happen. You never know. But it is always a good idea to be prepared. As you will see in some of the videos I will share later in this post, you can have a backup with external hard drive which is pretty tedious because you should mount and unmount it. An alternative solution might be to pay some money per month/year to a cloud storage service. But this is not an option to me because I don't really like sharing my personal stuff with companies. So a short research shows us Synology NAS (no advertisement intended here) as an option. It could be used literally for many things besides backup but this was my goal - having a backup and personal dropbox-like stor...