---
title: "Backups with Restic: 2-year retrospective"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/backups-with-restic-2-year-retrospective-cntdwmgub
source_url: https://advancedweb.hu/backups-with-restic-2-year-retrospective
type: article
source: "Advanced Web Machinery"
published: 2026-06-21T20:51:58.118Z
updated: 2026-06-22T02:20:21.671Z
tags: ["linux", "aws-s3"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 11
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Backups with Restic: 2-year retrospective

**[Advanced Web Machinery](https://daily.dev/sources/advancedweb)** · 11 min read · 11 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A 2-year retrospective on a personal backup setup using Restic with multiple backends including BorgBase and AWS S3. Covers the systemd-based client configuration, pruning strategies, S3 lifecycle rules (intelligent tiering, deep archive for deleted objects) to minimize costs (~$0.2/month for 40GB vs $0.92 standard), append-only mode for ransomware protection, mobile backups via Termux, and a custom Lambda/DynamoDB monitoring solution. Key lessons: Restic with systemd timers is rock-solid, append-only mode is essential, and the custom monitoring was overengineered compared to BorgBase's built-in alerting.

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Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#aws-s3](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-s3)

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