Best backup strategy for my self-hosted Immich setup?
Hey everyone,
I've recently set up Immich, I am extremely happy and satisfied with it. Now I wonder what the best way is to back up my photos and database in my situation.
My setup:
Proxmox running on a dedicated server (old laptop running headless)
Immich running in a Docker LXC container, managed via Portainer
Photos and database stored on a 1.8TB external HDD mounted to proxmox and the container running docker > immich
~100GB of photos and videos
Tailscale installed for remote access
My available devices:
Windows 11 laptop
My backup needs:
No need for continuous/real-time backupping
Looking for a simple periodic backup solution (once per quarter or so)
Preferably to an external HDD connected to my Windows 11 laptop
My question:
What is the simplest and most reliable way to periodically backup my Immich data (photos + database) from my Proxmox server to an external HDD on my Windows laptop, given that I have Tailscale available?
(Shutting down the server and connecting the HDD to my Windows 11 laptop seems impossible to me, since I formatted this HDD to XFS via Proxmox.
As far as I know, Windows does not support XFS.)
Hopefully, you can help me further.