I like using syncthing to sync to file to another (sometimes multiple) location and the use restic (https://restic.net/ :)
Ask HN: Best Centralized Backup Solution
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#12I like using syncthing to sync to file to another (sometimes multiple) location and the use restic ( https://restic.net/ :)
I tried synching but it didn't seem very reliable, I had to restart it regularly to keep things in sync. In the end I gave up and moved back to DropBox.
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#13I started using Backblaze B2 on servers for storing database backups and so far it's been great.
Now I wonder if `b2 sync` is a good candidate for more traditional desktop backups (documents, lots of photos...). Does anyone have feedback on it?
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#14burp ( https://burp.grke.org/ ) comes to mind, as well. Windows and UNIX-like only, no macOS.
"For Mac users, burp is available in Homebrew. See the quick start page for more information." - https://burp.grke.org/download.html
Also, I can't imagine how something could be for Unix-likes and not target Mac OS, since it is literally a certified Unix.
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#15BackupPC is the best one: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ You get every professional features out of the box (full/inc backups, deduplication, compression...) & everything is automated.
No idea why this was downvoted. I don't have recent experience setting up something like this but 10 years ago BackupPC was the answer, and I guess it is still good.
Does anyone have a different experience?
Re: Ask HN: Best Centralized Backup Solution
#16burp ( https://burp.grke.org/ ) comes to mind, as well. Windows and UNIX-like only, no macOS.
"For Mac users, burp is available in Homebrew. See the quick start page for more information." - https://burp.grke.org/download.html Also, I can't imagine how something could be for Unix-likes and not target Mac OS, since it is literally a certified Unix.
If it is targeting UNIX then it must work on Mac. Echoing your words, UNIX has stringent requirements to be UNIX and macOS fulfilled those requirements.
MacOS IS UNIX.
As a side note for fun, Linux is not UNIX and that’s intentional. Freedom is nice. ;)
Re: Ask HN: Best Centralized Backup Solution
#17I started using Backblaze B2 on servers for storing database backups and so far it's been great. Now I wonder if `b2 sync` is a good candidate for more traditional desktop backups (documents, lots of photos...). Does anyone have feedback on it?
I'm using b2 on both desktop and couple of servers. On desktop i use Cloudberry backup, but that has some irritating "features", such as not deleting remote files sometimes and getting out of sync and having to sync manually. I'm still using it because i'm cheap and don't wanna spend money on something else.
but b2, itself is great!
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#18The backup hosting service (https://www.borgbase.com/) I'm building for BorgBackup will show you the last backup of all repositories in one place. It will also alert you on missed backups.
For backing up databases, you'd need to install small packages, like `automysqlbackup`. We already provide an Ansible role for setting up automatic backups, which could be extended to apply your schedule or add "plugins".
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#20BackupPC is the best one: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ You get every professional features out of the box (full/inc backups, deduplication, compression...) & everything is automated.
No idea why this was downvoted. I don't have recent experience setting up something like this but 10 years ago BackupPC was the answer, and I guess it is still good. Does anyone have a different experience?
I used backuppc at a place ohh, 8 or 9 years ago now and it was pretty rock solid then (90/10 mac/pc clients) to a linux server with some applescript to manage keys and such.