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Faster alternatives I recommend: * Kopia: many features, also great for desktop GUI users * bupstash: The fastest, lowest RAM. I use it to backup 1B files daily (200TB). Ransomware-proof asymmetric multi key crypto. Less features.
bupstash is new to me. That looks like a cool set of properties. I do wish it supported S3 and compatible APIs as a backup target.
I've been using Restic for servers, but ended up going with Kopia for machines that are not always on, like laptops. It has the advantage that it will take something of an opportunistic approach where it will start backing up if it hasn't done so in a while, and seems to be able to restart with aplomb if it gets interrupted (machine shutdown or laptop lid closed). That and being able to have multiple machines writing…
Try BackRest if you want a nice frontend to Restic. You can configure Restic from the command line but it's pretty awkward. BackRest has a nice simple web GUI and makes basic automation very easy. https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest I'm surprised no one is selling Restic hosting as a straight up service. BackBlaze works well with Restic but the configuration is a little manual and clumsy. A packaged solution wou…
[0] https://www.borgbase.com/ [1] https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/
My Thinkpad has a tiny SDHC slot. I put a 1 terabyte SDHC card in it (~$80) and have a cron job take hourly Restic snapshots of my primary storage. It's been reliable and has bailed me out more than once.
- types of backups supported (volume, fileset, ...)
- differciality support (incremental, resumable, dedup, ...)
- support for (always) open file bakup
- filetype/ path restrictions (very large files, max pathlenght, ...)
- restore options ( bare metal, selective, backup mountable as volume, ...)
This would make it far easier to see if it ia worth checking out
Duplicity is my go because it integrates so well with pgp signing/encryption. Other popular alternatives like borg and restic just do not have it.
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I'd throw in kopia[0], fast, many features and easy to use across platforms. [0] https://kopia.io/
I have seen Kopia mentioned from time to time but never as often as borg. Does it have a good reputation?
I've been using rsnapshot (or it's predecessor script) for 20 years now. It's a wrapper around rsync that gives you snapshots that save space by using hard links. I can compare versions with diff. I can restore files with cp -a
It's really simple and in active development https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest. The dev (lead dev) https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest/discussions is very responsive.
I know many comments have said it but I also wanted to add it just because backrest is what made restic usable for me again. Vorta is a favourite backup GUI but somehow I am finding backrest even simpler (although would have loved it if it was a tiny menu bar kinda app).
Is there something like Deja Dup on Mac?
I am planning to find and add another remote repo now (in addition to b2; and hopefully much cheaper which might be a tough one as b2 is kinda dirt cheap especially for small GBs) so that I can include some more of my less critical files in the additional backup set.