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Post by Cipher_Forge » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 3:35 PM UTC

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Post by Zekio » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 4:55 PM UTC

looks like an interesting alternative to borg backup

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Post by pshirshov » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 9:04 PM UTC

No ZFS snapshots integration, right?

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Post by Johnnynator » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 9:57 PM UTC

pshirshov wrote: post #3

No ZFS snapshots integration, right?

Kopia allows you to run scripts before and after a backup. It also allows you to redirect the base from where to read the files.

They Document it for the likes of FreeBSD, for Linux one would skip the mount step and just set the snapshot path to the magic .zfs directory.

https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/actions/#zfs-point-in-time-sn...

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Post by chrismeller » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 10:15 PM UTC

I read the docs, but wasn’t really sure that sets it apart from Duplicacy or Restic?

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Post by a-french-anon » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 7:30 AM UTC

When I looked at the CDC-based incremental backup space, Kopia seemed like a better Restic and the best of the bunch. At least as far as correctness and reliability goes.

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Post by luckman212 » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 12:24 PM UTC

Previous discussions:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37526477 (2023-09-15, 326 points)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35104406 (2023-03-11, 73 points)

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Post by ptx » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 2:55 PM UTC

Johnnynator wrote: post #4

pshirshov wrote: post #3

No ZFS snapshots integration, right?

Kopia allows you to run scripts before and after a backup. It also allows you to redirect the base from where to read the files. They Document it for the likes of FreeBSD, for Linux one would skip the mount step and just set the snapshot path to the magic .zfs directory. https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/actions/#zfs-point-in-time-sn...

Why wouldn't you use the magic .zfs directory on FreeBSD as well? Are the instructions assuming an older version?

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Post by AdaX » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 4:23 PM UTC

Personally, I've had some issues with Kopia.

I found their explanation here:

https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/1764

https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/544

Still not solved after many years :(

Now I use Borg + Restic and I am happy

+ GUI for Restic https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest

+ GUI for Borg https://github.com/borgbase/vorta

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Post by avtar » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 6:00 PM UTC

a-french-anon wrote: post #6

When I looked at the CDC-based incremental backup space, Kopia seemed like a better Restic and the best of the bunch. At least as far as correctness and reliability goes.

Curious to know what makes this better than Restic.