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Signed-off-by: Markus Storm <markus.storm@gmx.net>
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mstormi authored Sep 15, 2024
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Zram is enabled by default for swap, logs and persistence data.
You can toggle use in \[menu option 38\].

2. Mirror your SD card!
2. SD cards, SSDs and HDDs can break or crash just like any hardware.
Mirror your SD card to have a ready-to-use alternative boot medium ready on site at any time !
Get an USB card writer and another SD card and set up SD mirroring using \[menu option 53\].
This will ensure you have an always ready-to-use clone of your storage medium handy at all times.
In case of emergency, you can simply swap SD cards and get back online within just a few minutes.
See [auto backup](#sd-mirroring) documentation.

::: tip remote replacement
Disasters love to happen when you're not at home.
With an openHABian RPi mirror SD setup, you can instruct your partner or even kid or your cottage neighbour to replace the SD card and/or computer from remote, by phone. No need for Internet access.
With an openHABian RPi mirror SD setup, you can instruct your partner, kid or your cottage neighbour to replace the SD card and/or computer from remote, by phone. No need for Internet or any sort of configuring to get your system back up running.
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3. Use the integrated original openHAB [openhab-cli tool](https://community.openhab.org/t/recommended-way-to-backup-restore-oh2-configurations-and-things/7193/82) at regular intervals to interactively backup/restore your openHAB **config** \[menu option 50/51\].
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