My goal is to create an simple offsite backup of my CasaOS setup using a RasPi 3b+ with external USB drive at a friend’s house. Are there any recommended methods for doing this?

Also: what should I look for in an external hard drive as far as reliability goes for something that will essentially always be on? I’m not well versed in all the WD blue, red, etc. Does it matter?

  • @rambos@lemm.eeEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Look for proper exrernal HDD/SSD case with its own PSU. You can find some info about compatibility with rpi.

    Keep in mind that SATA to USB A adaptors exist and they work (with SSD at least), but its best to avoid them imo. Ive been using SSD on Rpi4 like that, it was working fine, but after corruption happened I found out it couldnt complete SMART test every time (another SSD didnt have that problem).