What's up steemy ppl, I wanted to drop some digital nomad knowledge today.
Before setting out to travel the world, I created a system to backup an image of my OS to an encrypted SD card.
After plenty of research and review reading, I decided to go with Acronis True Image 2018 https://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/computer-backup/ (not an affiliate link).
Here's a peek at the interface:
I chose Acronis as my backup solution for a few reason.
- low price ($49.99)
- SD card and cloud backup storage options
- simple backup scheduling schemes (check below)
- ability to encrypt the backup
You obviously don't want to carry un-encrypted backups of your laptop hanging around, so this was one of the most important considerations.
For the SD card, I bought a 256GB card from Amazon for about $120 (not an affiliate link).
Now, for the backup schema. I use 1 full backup every 10 days and only store the "delta" backups (or just the file changes) for the 9 days in between. There's also an auto-cleanup option so that you don't have to manually delete backups to make room.
An interesting feature is the password required to change any of the backup settings. If someone steals my computer, I'm not sure it would matter if they can change my backup settings or not.
Here's a screenshot of the SD card's file-system
Before you hit the road, please take your backups serious. You need to backup every day and encrypt
Let's Encrypt!
Make sure and encrypt your laptop's hard drive as well. On Windows, I use BitLocker and I'm required to enter a passphrase before its unlocked and the OS can load.
Be safe out there, fellow Liberty Entrepreneurs. The lifestyle rocks, but the hustle is real.
In Liberty,
Ashe
