Bury Your Backup Servers Underground ⚰️

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Bury your computers in your back yard for fun and profit. Wait, no, not profit. Expense.

I dug a grave for a couple of Raspberry Pi 3 B+ coffins (additional coffin with Raspberry Pi 4 coming eventually), and connected them to a TRENDnet power over Ethernet switch to keep them alive. These Linux servers are an alternative to offsite backups, being protected from natural disasters and theft by a layer of earth.

00:00 Intro - Why Bury Your Data?
02:40 Raspberry Pi Setup
05:01 Data Pot Pies
12:10 Amanda Becomes Upset at the State of the Stove
12:39 QILIPSU Enclosure and Router
15:55 The Burial
19:49 Outro - Future Plans

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[LMahesa]

Just stumbled on this video. Still alive, I see! Good job!

[dainiusk.]

it is very fun project, but...
1. not deep enough. For nuclear protection you should go 2-4 meters, to avoid seasonal temperature drift you should go at least 1m. You dont want your container to sit inside frozen soil :)
2. hdd holds data way better than cheap flash drives.
3. If lightning hits your house, your pi`s are done.

[markpomerleau]

Neat project. I was thinking about something similar for a backup (shed, actually. And trying to figure out temperature regulation in winter..)

What about digging farther down using an auger? You could go way below the frost line.