# A New Solution for Backups

URL: /show/self-hosted/43/
> Alex has a new trick for local and remote backups, and shares his thoughts on Synology's DS series NAS.

- Show: [Self-Hosted](/show/self-hosted/)
- Episode: 43
- Date: 2021-04-23
- Hosts: alex, chris
- Duration: 00:47:45
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7296e34a-2697-479a-adfb-ad32329dd0b0/551414ed-e206-4565-8e90-36e4c9bd7309.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/8fPKY_NjPf8



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### Episode Links

  * [Home Assistant Mac App](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2020/09/18/mac-companion/ "Home Assistant Mac App") — Home Assistant Companion is a new application for Mac to control your Home Assistant instance, exposing your Mac sensors to Home Assistant and to receive notifications.
  * [AlDente](https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente "AlDente") — MacOS tool to limit maximum charging percentage
  * [Free Cron Job Monitoring - Healthchecks.io](https://healthchecks.io/ "Free Cron Job Monitoring - Healthchecks.io") — We notify you when your nightly backups, weekly reports, cron jobs, and scheduled tasks don't run on time.
  * [linuxserver/healthchecks - LinuxServer.io](https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-healthchecks "linuxserver/healthchecks - LinuxServer.io") — ​Healthchecks is a watchdog for your cron jobs. It's a web server that listens for pings from your cron jobs, plus a web interface.
  * [docker stats](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/stats/ "docker stats") — Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
  * [zfs.rent](https://zfs.rent/ "zfs.rent") — Simple cloud service to store ZFS snapshots.
  * [DS1621+ | Synology Inc.](https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS1621+ "DS1621+ | Synology Inc.") — Synology DS1621+ is a powerful and compact 6-bay network attached storage solution designed to store and protect critical data assets.
  * [NAS Selector | Synology Inc.](https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/nas_selector "NAS Selector | Synology Inc.")
  * [autorestic](https://github.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic "autorestic") — Autorestic is a wrapper around the amazing restic.
  * [Jupiter Broadcasting Garage Sale](https://www.jupitergarage.com/ "Jupiter Broadcasting Garage Sale")
  * [Youtube - BlueIris + Deepstack <3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PlmSWO31qY "Youtube - BlueIris + Deepstack <3")