Backing up your homelab using Bacula

Like most homelab enthusiast out there, I came to the realization that several workloads I’m hosting contribute significantly to the digital quality of life of my household and while I tend to ensure such workloads have minimal single points of failure, the fact remains that mistakes DO happen which could cause significant data loss. Backing up important data is essential to facilitate service recovery in such situations. Because I’m hosting rather large amounts of data, such as video surveillance footage, I wanted a backup solution that would allow me to select recovery points going back at least 30 days without…