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Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#41

Post by qw » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #14

How is this, from a technical point of view, more advanced than running rsync in a regular fashion (with hardlinks to keep cheap snapshots)? Just wondering about the technical aspects.

If you are interested in something similar to what you describe, there is always Dirvish. It's basically a program that manages multiple snapshots and backups using rsync and hardlinks.

http://www.dirvish.org

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#42

Post by CameronBanga » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:07 PM UTC

Been an Arq user for years now, and recommend it to anyone. Love being able to choose my own storage solution, control encryption keys, etc.

For Arq team (saw one or two here), is B2 on the roadmap?

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#43

Post by riprowan » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:07 PM UTC

Thanks for the tip. I'm checking out Arq now!

FWIW I've been a big fan of Syncovery (formerly SuperFlexible File Synchronizer) for years. It's a Swiss Army Knife of backup/recovery. https://www.syncovery.com/

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

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Post by lobster_johnson » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:13 PM UTC

As an Arq user, this makes me happy, as Arq is not exactly known for being fast.

The announcement doesn't say, but I'm hoping they have reduced the amount of space needed for the client-side cache (currently 18GB (!) on my laptop).

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#45

Post by skrause » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:15 PM UTC

Still no support for S3's "Infrequent Access" storage class? It would be perfect for backups and is a good compromise between normal S3 and Glacier.

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#46

Post by yoz-y » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:17 PM UTC

LVB wrote: post #40

yoz-y wrote: post #27

I find it a bit ironic that this particular blog has an inaccessible database at this particular time. This being put aside I find their pricing a bit excessive in comparison to Backblaze for example.

How much data are you backing up? The compression and deduplication seem pretty good in Arq. My monthly AWS (and now Google Nearline) bill is usually around $2, so I hit the breakeven point vs the $5/month services pretty quickly.

My current backup is around 300 Gigs. I see the big advantage of Arq (over Backblaze) is the fact that you can choose your host. However their own hosting solution for $10/mo with a 250GB data cap is quite expensive. I can see that for smaller amounts of data Arq is more interesting, especially since it also stores history (which Backblaze does not).

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#47

Post by lobster_johnson » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:18 PM UTC

skrause wrote: post #45

Still no support for S3's "Infrequent Access" storage class? It would be perfect for backups and is a good compromise between normal S3 and Glacier.

It does support that: http://i.imgur.com/EC1e83h.jpg.

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

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Post by lobster_johnson » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:19 PM UTC

sreitshamer wrote: post #9

larrysalibra wrote: post #5

Love arq too. Rumor has it arq 5 will also stop eating up free space with its cache.noindex folder. Excited about that!

True! It uses sqlite databases (finally). (I work at Haystack Software :)

Tried to purchase, but it sends me to a bad URL:

  $ host store.arqbackup.com
  Host store.arqbackup.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

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Post by coffeecheque » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:19 PM UTC

I was a user of Arq 3, but it was slow and seemed to eat up resources on my computer. I eventually turned it off, deleted the backups and deleted it. Not a great backup plan.

So I'm keen to know how much faster Arq 4 was, and in turn Arq 5. I'd be happy to try again (I think I'll have to pay full price again as I'm not an Arq 4 user) - but might wait until someone can let me know just how much faster it really is.

This whole thread has also reminded me to run my backups to local Time Machine!

Re: Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

#50

Post by nihonde » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 3:20 PM UTC

I have nothing to add except that I've been a happy customer of Arq for years, and Stefan and team have provided us very helpful and personal support by email on the rare occasions when we needed it.