diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ConfigMap-vault-backup-script.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ConfigMap-vault-backup-script.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f4c6beab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ConfigMap-vault-backup-script.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: vault-backup-script
+  namespace: talos
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: vault-backup-script
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: talos
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: talos
+data:
+  backup.sh: |
+    export DATE_RANGE=$(date -d @$(( $(date +%s) - ${DATE_RANGE_SECONDS} )) +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ);
+    export FILE_MATCH="${BUCKET}/cl01tl/etcd/cl01tl-${DATE_RANGE}.snap.age"
+
+    echo ">> Running S3 prune for Talos backup repository ${TARGET} ..."
+
+    echo ">> Backups prior to '$DATE_RANGE' will be removed"
+    echo ">> Backups to be removed:"
+    s3cmd ls --no-check-certificate ${BUCKET}/cl01tl/etcd/ |
+      awk -v file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}'
+
+    echo ">> Deleting ..."
+    s3cmd ls --no-check-certificate ${BUCKET}/cl01tl/etcd/ |
+      awk -v file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}' |
+      while read file; do
+        s3cmd del --no-check-certificate -v "$file";
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+          ERROR=true
+          echo ">> Detected error, will send message to ntfy"
+        fi
+      done;
+
+    if [ "$ERROR" = true ]; then
+
+      MAX_RETRIES=5
+      SUCCESS=false
+
+      echo " "
+      echo ">> Sending message to ntfy using curl ..."
+
+      echo " "
+      echo ">> Verifying required commands ..."
+
+      for i in $(seq 1 "$MAX_RETRIES"); do
+          if apk update 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
+              echo ">> Attempt $i: Repositories are reachable";
+              SUCCESS=true;
+              break;
+          else
+              echo ">> Attempt $i: Connection failed, retrying in 5 seconds ...";
+              sleep 5;
+          fi;
+      done;
+
+      if [ "$SUCCESS" = false ]; then
+          echo ">> ERROR: Could not connect to apk repositories after $MAX_RETRIES attempts, exiting ...";
+          exit 1;
+      fi
+
+      if ! command -v curl 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
+          echo ">> Command curl could not be found, installing";
+          apk add --no-cache -q curl;
+          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+              echo ">> Installation successful";
+          else
+              echo ">> Installation failed with exit code $?";
+              exit 1;
+          fi;
+      fi;
+
+      echo " "
+      echo ">> Sending to NTFY ..."
+      HTTP_STATUS=$(curl \
+          --silent \
+          --write-out '%{http_code}' \
+          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${NTFY_TOKEN}" \
+          -H "X-Priority: 5" \
+          -H "X-Tags: warning" \
+          -H "X-Title: Talos Backup Failed for ${TARGET}" \
+          -d "$MESSAGE" \
+          ${NTFY_ENDPOINT}/${NTFY_TOPIC}
+      )
+      echo ">> HTTP Status Code: $HTTP_STATUS"
+
+    echo ">> Completed S3 prune for Talos backup repository ${TARGET}"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-1.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-1.yaml
index 5d793b38f..d12e9e5a1 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-1.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-1.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ spec:
               image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/talosctl:v1.11.6
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
               name: main
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  cpu: 100m
-                  memory: 128Mi
               volumeMounts:
                 - mountPath: /tmp/.talos/config
                   mountPropagation: None
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-2.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-2.yaml
index 8ba4fef2a..66feed3b0 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-2.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-2.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ spec:
               image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/talosctl:v1.11.6
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
               name: main
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  cpu: 100m
-                  memory: 128Mi
               volumeMounts:
                 - mountPath: /tmp/.talos/config
                   mountPropagation: None
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-3.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-3.yaml
index 10515c9f2..6403d7f38 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-3.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-etcd-defrag-defrag-3.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ spec:
               image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/talosctl:v1.11.6
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
               name: main
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  cpu: 100m
-                  memory: 128Mi
               volumeMounts:
                 - mountPath: /tmp/.talos/config
                   mountPropagation: None
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-talos.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-talos.yaml
index e42fd2139..6024f9472 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-talos.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/CronJob-talos.yaml
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     secretKeyRef:
                       key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-                      name: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
                 - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
                   valueFrom:
                     secretKeyRef:
                       key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-                      name: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
                 - name: AWS_REGION
                   value: nyc3
                 - name: CUSTOM_S3_ENDPOINT
@@ -70,16 +70,12 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     secretKeyRef:
                       key: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
-                      name: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
                 - name: USE_PATH_STYLE
                   value: "false"
               image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos-backup:v0.1.0-beta.3@sha256:05c86663b251a407551dc948097e32e163a345818117eb52c573b0447bd0c7a7
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-              name: main
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  cpu: 100m
-                  memory: 128Mi
+              name: external
               securityContext:
                 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
                 capabilities:
@@ -91,63 +87,191 @@ spec:
                 seccompProfile:
                   type: RuntimeDefault
               volumeMounts:
-                - mountPath: /var/run/secrets/talos.dev
-                  mountPropagation: None
-                  name: secret
-                  readOnly: true
                 - mountPath: /.talos
-                  name: talos
+                  name: talos-external
                 - mountPath: /tmp
-                  name: tmp
+                  name: tmp-external
+              workingDir: /tmp
+            - command:
+                - /talos-backup
+              env:
+                - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+                - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+                - name: AWS_REGION
+                  value: us-east-1
+                - name: CUSTOM_S3_ENDPOINT
+                  value: http://garage-main.garage:3900
+                - name: BUCKET
+                  value: talos-backups
+                - name: S3_PREFIX
+                  value: cl01tl/etcd
+                - name: CLUSTER_NAME
+                  value: cl01tl
+                - name: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      key: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+                - name: USE_PATH_STYLE
+                  value: "false"
+              image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos-backup:v0.1.0-beta.3@sha256:05c86663b251a407551dc948097e32e163a345818117eb52c573b0447bd0c7a7
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              name: local
+              securityContext:
+                allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+                capabilities:
+                  drop:
+                    - ALL
+                runAsGroup: 1000
+                runAsNonRoot: true
+                runAsUser: 1000
+                seccompProfile:
+                  type: RuntimeDefault
+              volumeMounts:
+                - mountPath: /.talos
+                  name: talos-local
+                - mountPath: /tmp
+                  name: tmp-local
+              workingDir: /tmp
+            - command:
+                - /talos-backup
+              env:
+                - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
+                - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
+                - name: AWS_REGION
+                  value: us-east-1
+                - name: CUSTOM_S3_ENDPOINT
+                  value: https://garage-ps10rp.boreal-beaufort.ts.net:3900
+                - name: BUCKET
+                  value: talos-backups
+                - name: S3_PREFIX
+                  value: cl01tl/etcd
+                - name: CLUSTER_NAME
+                  value: cl01tl
+                - name: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      key: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
+                      name: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
+                - name: USE_PATH_STYLE
+                  value: "false"
+              image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos-backup:v0.1.0-beta.3@sha256:05c86663b251a407551dc948097e32e163a345818117eb52c573b0447bd0c7a7
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              name: remote
+              securityContext:
+                allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+                capabilities:
+                  drop:
+                    - ALL
+                runAsGroup: 1000
+                runAsNonRoot: true
+                runAsUser: 1000
+                seccompProfile:
+                  type: RuntimeDefault
+              volumeMounts:
+                - mountPath: /.talos
+                  name: talos-remote
+                - mountPath: /tmp
+                  name: tmp-remote
               workingDir: /tmp
             - args:
                 - -ec
-                - |
-                  export DATE_RANGE=$(date -d @$(( $(date +%s) - 1209600 )) +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ);
-                  export FILE_MATCH="$BUCKET/cl01tl/etcd/cl01tl-$DATE_RANGE.snap.age"
-                  echo ">> Running S3 prune for Talos backup repository"
-                  echo ">> Backups prior to '$DATE_RANGE' will be removed"
-                  echo ">> Backups to be removed:"
-                  s3cmd ls ${BUCKET}/cl01tl/etcd/ |
-                    awk -v file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}'
-                  echo ">> Deleting ..."
-                  s3cmd ls ${BUCKET}/cl01tl/etcd/ |
-                    awk -v file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}' |
-                    while read file; do
-                      s3cmd del "$file";
-                    done;
-                  echo ">> Completed S3 prune for Talos backup repository"
+                - /scripts/prune.sh
               command:
                 - /bin/sh
               env:
-                - name: BUCKET
-                  valueFrom:
-                    secretKeyRef:
-                      key: BUCKET
-                      name: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+                - name: TARGET
+                  value: External
+                - name: DATE_RANGE_SECONDS
+                  value: "1.2096e+06"
+              envFrom:
+                - secretRef:
+                    name: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
+                - secretRef:
+                    name: talos-backup-ntfy-secret
               image: d3fk/s3cmd:latest@sha256:ed348a0fae5723d2e62636c175baf4dfaf732a790179ca675d1f24f863d0d68f
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-              name: s3-prune
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  cpu: 100m
-                  memory: 128Mi
-              volumeMounts:
-                - mountPath: /root/.s3cfg
-                  mountPropagation: None
-                  name: s3cmd-config
-                  readOnly: true
-                  subPath: .s3cfg
+              name: s3-prune-external
+            - args:
+                - -ec
+                - /scripts/prune.sh
+              command:
+                - /bin/sh
+              env:
+                - name: TARGET
+                  value: Local
+                - name: DATE_RANGE_SECONDS
+                  value: "2.4192e+06"
+              envFrom:
+                - secretRef:
+                    name: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+                - secretRef:
+                    name: talos-backup-ntfy-secret
+              image: d3fk/s3cmd:latest@sha256:ed348a0fae5723d2e62636c175baf4dfaf732a790179ca675d1f24f863d0d68f
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              name: s3-prune-local
+            - args:
+                - -ec
+                - /scripts/prune.sh
+              command:
+                - /bin/sh
+              env:
+                - name: TARGET
+                  value: Remote
+                - name: DATE_RANGE_SECONDS
+                  value: "2.4192e+06"
+              envFrom:
+                - secretRef:
+                    name: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
+                - secretRef:
+                    name: talos-backup-ntfy-secret
+              image: d3fk/s3cmd:latest@sha256:ed348a0fae5723d2e62636c175baf4dfaf732a790179ca675d1f24f863d0d68f
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              name: s3-prune-remote
           volumes:
-            - name: s3cmd-config
+            - name: s3cmd-config-external
               secret:
-                secretName: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+                secretName: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
+            - name: s3cmd-config-local
+              secret:
+                secretName: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+            - name: s3cmd-config-remote
+              secret:
+                secretName: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
             - name: secret
               secret:
                 secretName: talos-backup-secrets
             - emptyDir:
                 medium: Memory
-              name: talos
+              name: talos-external
             - emptyDir:
                 medium: Memory
-              name: tmp
+              name: talos-local
+            - emptyDir:
+                medium: Memory
+              name: talos-remote
+            - emptyDir:
+                medium: Memory
+              name: tmp-external
+            - emptyDir:
+                medium: Memory
+              name: tmp-local
+            - emptyDir:
+                medium: Memory
+              name: tmp-remote
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-backup-ntfy-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-backup-ntfy-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c1ddad52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-backup-ntfy-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: talos-backup-ntfy-secret
+  namespace: talos
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: talos-backup-ntfy-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: talos
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: talos
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: NTFY_TOKEN
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /ntfy/user/cl01tl
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: token
+    - secretKey: NTFY_ENDPOINT
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /ntfy/user/cl01tl
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: endpoint
+    - secretKey: NTFY_TOPIC
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /cl01tl/talos/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: NTFY_TOPIC
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-external-secret.yaml
similarity index 93%
rename from clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-secret.yaml
rename to clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-external-secret.yaml
index 4a3f53cb3..0325fcc2f 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-external-secret.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
 kind: ExternalSecret
 metadata:
-  name: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+  name: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
   namespace: talos
   labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: talos-etcd-backup-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: talos-etcd-backup-external-secret
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: talos
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: talos
   annotations:
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-local-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-local-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50cca1b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-local-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+  namespace: talos
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: talos-etcd-backup-local-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: talos
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: talos
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: talos-backup-secrets
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/talos-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    - secretKey: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/talos-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    - secretKey: .s3cfg
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/talos-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: s3cfg-local
+    - secretKey: BUCKET
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/talos-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: BUCKET
+    - secretKey: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /cl01tl/talos/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..187716b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/talos/ExternalSecret-talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
+  namespace: talos
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: talos-etcd-backup-remote-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: talos
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: talos
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: talos-backup-secrets
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    - secretKey: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    - secretKey: .s3cfg
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: s3cfg-remote
+    - secretKey: BUCKET
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: BUCKET
+    - secretKey: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /cl01tl/talos/etcd-backup
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AGE_X25519_PUBLIC_KEY