https://forcebyte.github.io/tags/backups/Recent content in backups on 'That' badly designed HomeLabHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFirehavenTue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://forcebyte.github.io/posts/2026-20-10-shikata-backups/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://forcebyte.github.io/posts/2026-20-10-shikata-backups/For a long time, my homelab backup strategy was “nothing here is irreplaceable,” which is a fine strategy right up until the day it isn’t. In my case the day came during a routine rebuild: a PersistentVolumeClaim got recreated, the volume underneath it went away with it, and my web analytics database — years of history — was just gone. Kubernetes defaults did exactly what they’re documented to do. The PVC had a Delete reclaim policy, the storage class agreed, and the data left.