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Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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Re: Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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bhaney wrote: post #4

Any comparisons to Restic? Looks like basically the same thing but with a GUI available. Edit: Found this very ad-hoc "benchmark" from over a year ago claiming that Kopia managed significantly better deduplication than Restic after several backups (what took Restic 2.2GB, Kopia did in https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/1809#issuecomment-1067... Edit Edit: Never mind, this benchmark was from before Restic supported…

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Re: Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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Post by remisharrock »

I have also used it for a year or so and restored some files individually without any problem. I use a remote ssh storage through tailscale, just very stable interestingly! Only small problem was that my server broke during an uptade because I created a systemd service to start it and the parameters changes to start it. Apart from that, very stable for now.

Re: Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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bhaney wrote: post #4

Any comparisons to Restic? Looks like basically the same thing but with a GUI available. Edit: Found this very ad-hoc "benchmark" from over a year ago claiming that Kopia managed significantly better deduplication than Restic after several backups (what took Restic 2.2GB, Kopia did in https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/1809#issuecomment-1067... Edit Edit: Never mind, this benchmark was from before Restic supported…

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Re: Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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Post by ntolia »

I've been using Kopia for my personal use and for products I have helped build at a couple of enterprise backup companies! It's also used by other open-source backup projects that focus on specific ecosystems (Velero and Kanister for Kubernetes, Corso for Microsoft 365 backup).

I am obviously biased but it's pretty amazing. AMA.

Re: Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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Post by throwing_away »

I noticed this project while comparing restic/borg and am thinking about trying it.

Initially I thought this was a corporate project and was looking for the monetization model, but then I found https://github.com/kopia/kopia/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md

I feel like the project might benefit from making their governance model more prominent on the website.

Re: Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software

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Post by semi-extrinsic »

trwired wrote: post #9
unwind wrote: post #3

Hm interesting name, I spent a few seconds on the site to figure out origin but no luck. "Kopia" means "copy" in Swedish and probably more Nordic languages, too. Very hard to pronounce in English so it would be interesting to hear it said.

Kopia also means a copy in Polish and the author is Polish. The first paragraph in the software's Github page also confirms the Polish origin of the name: https://github.com/kopia/kopia/ Tangentially, as far as OSS names of Polish go, kopia is pretty tame. A popular deduplicating app is named czkawka (hiccup). Now that choice is just mean towards non-Polish speakers. :)

Oh my, this is a fantastic view of life - from the czkawka github page:

  Czkawka is a Polish word which means hiccup.

  I chose this name because I wanted to hear people speaking other languages pronounce it, so feel free to spell it the way you want.

  This name is not as bad as it seems, because I was also thinking about using words like żółć, gżegżółka or żołądź
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