If you're using a Linux-based system http://liw.fi/obnam/ might also be a good choice.
Encrypted, deduplicated remote backups
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Re: Encrypted, deduplicated remote backups
#12Boldshare matches your feature list exactly. Client code will be open source. Beta in November: https://boldshare.com/
> Client code will be open source.
On the link you provided I found the following:
"Parts of the programm relevant for security and networking actions will be open source."
"Parts of the program" might not do it for everyone (me included). Will anyone be able to audit the full source code of the client and compile it themselves, like e.g. tarsnap? Otherwise I fear the usual trust issues arise.
If I missed some information at your linked site which says the entire client will be open source, then please correct me.
Re: Encrypted, deduplicated remote backups
#13Personally I use crashplan, its more expensive than your max price requirement if you use their cloud services, but I also back up way more data (300+GB), mostly family photos+videos. Also, since its unlimited storage I don't really care if I suddenly have a couple of extra gigs to store after xmas or whatever. Oh and finally I can use the same app to backup to my home server so basically everything is backed up locally and remotely with one app and is encrypted/deduplicated.
I used to use Arq and it worked great but then the backups became too big.
EDIT: forgot you wanted opensource... oh well... anyway this works for me.
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#14Meeting most of the requirements on that list, I have found Arq[1] to be a great backup solution on OS X. It stores encrypted, incremental backups on S3 and although the client itself isn't open source, the data format is[2]. The company also maintains an open source recovery tool[3]. The only requirement that isn't met is cost, because S3 costs about $60/yr for 50GB. [1] http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/index.php…
I've heard good things, sadly this is a headless Ubuntu server where the files from all my machines get stores, so I can't use that...
Re: Encrypted, deduplicated remote backups
#15Meeting most of the requirements on that list, I have found Arq[1] to be a great backup solution on OS X. It stores encrypted, incremental backups on S3 and although the client itself isn't open source, the data format is[2]. The company also maintains an open source recovery tool[3]. The only requirement that isn't met is cost, because S3 costs about $60/yr for 50GB. [1] http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/index.php…
Happy Arq user here, but the cost of S3 is why I have it store in Glacier instead. It all really depends how (and how often) you plan on accessing the backups.
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#16What's wrong with tarsnap? http://www.tarsnap.com/ Added in edit: I see that people are saying it's expensive, and I appreciate that. When I bundle it into my considerations of how much I spend on other things, what I get, and my level of confidence in the service, it seems a good deal to me. In the interests of full disclosure, I don't actually use anything like this, as I have a storage solution provided for me. Bu…
It depends on what you use it for, yeah. For company backups, it's not expensive at all, for my holiday videos, it's very prohibitive.
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#17What about Duplicity [1] ? Seems to hit all the right points - encrypted, remote, based off of differentials.
There's even a front end of it called Deja Dup [2] being distributed by the GNOME team and used in Ubuntu.
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#18If you're using a Linux-based system http://liw.fi/obnam/ might also be a good choice.
I tried that on 500 KB when I was testing it and it took a few minutes to back things up. I'm not sure if it's linear, but I wouldn't want to try the full set if it's that slow...
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#19Can encbup be used for automated backups? Seems like it's using symmetric encryption, so that the passphrase would need to be entered or passed as an argument on each run. Not sure if it meets all your requirements, but duplicity [1] has support for asymmetric encryption via gpg pub/priv key pairs. [1] http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ EDIT: just noticed the article mentioned duplicity as insufficient.
You can specify the passphrase on the command line, but it's less secure. Automated backups are my use case, so that's what it's meant to be used for.
I wanted to also add GPG encryption, but I'd be unable to store the key locally, so I couldnt find a way to get it for subsequent backups. I'll have to see how duplicity does it.
Re: Encrypted, deduplicated remote backups
#20What's wrong with tarsnap? http://www.tarsnap.com/ Added in edit: I see that people are saying it's expensive, and I appreciate that. When I bundle it into my considerations of how much I spend on other things, what I get, and my level of confidence in the service, it seems a good deal to me. In the interests of full disclosure, I don't actually use anything like this, as I have a storage solution provided for me. Bu…
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