I’m trying to find a good method of making periodic, incremental backups. I assume that the most minimal approach would be to have a Cronjob run rsync periodically, but I’m curious what other solutions may exist.
I’m interested in both command-line, and GUI solutions.
I don’t. I lose my data like all the cool (read: fool) kids.
I too rawdog linux like a chad
Too real
Timeshift is a great tool for creating incremental backups. Basically it’s a frontend for rsync and it works great. If needed you can also use it in CLI
I use Borg backup with Vorta for a GUI. Hasn’t let me down yet.
I use PikaBackup which I think uses Borg. Super good looking Gnome app that has worked for me.
Borgmatic is also a great option, cli only.
This is the correct answer.
Is it just me or the backup topic is recurring each few days on !linux@lemmy.ml and !selfhosted@lemmy.world?
To be on topic as well - I use restic+autorestic combo. Pretty simple, I made repo with small script to generate config for different machines and that’s it. Storing between machines and b2.
It is a critical one. Maybe needs to be part of an FAQ with link to discussion.
It hasn’t succeeded in nagging me to properly back up my data yet, so I think it needs to be discussed even more.
I would argue you need to lose your data once to consider it important over a lot of useless things in your life. Most people are like this.
I have a bash script that backs all my stuff up to my Homeserver with Borg. My servers have cronjobs that run similar scripts.
I use Back In Time to backup my important data on an external drive. And for snapshots I use timeshift.
Back In times
Isn’t timeshift have same purpose, or it’s just matter of preference?
Yes, it is the same purpose, kinda. But timeshift runs as a cron and allows for an easy rollback, while I use BIT for manual backups.
Pika Backup (GUI for
borgbackup) is a great app for backups. It has all the features you might expect from backup software and “just works”.I use
restic(https://restic.net/) which can usercloneto connect to a variety of backends (eg. onedrive, mega, dropbox etc.). Also,resticprofile(https://restic.net/) makes it easier to run (hides flags in the config file). I use it manually but a cron job would be easy to implement (a tutorial is here: https://forum.yunohost.org/t/daily-automated-backups-using-restic/16812).Restic does not need rclone and can use many remote storage services directly. I do restic backups directly to Backblaze.
I like rsnapshot, run from a cron job at various useful intervals. backups are hardlinked and rotated so that eventually the disk usage reaches a very slowly growing steady state.
I also use it. Big benefit is also that you don‘t need a special software to access your backup.
Been using rsnapshot for years, has saved me more than once
Exactly like you think. Cronjob runs a periodic rsync of a handful of directories under /home. My OS is on a different drive that doesn’t get backed up. My configs are in an ansible repository hosted on my home server and backed up the same way.
I do periodic backups of my system from live usb via Borg Backup to a samba share.
Duplicity (cli) with deja-dup (gui) has saved my sorry ass many times.
rsync + backblaze B2. Bafkblaze is stupid cheap.
Cost is about $10 per year.
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Used to use Duplicati but it was buggy and would often need manual intervention to repair corruption. I gave up on it.
Now use Restic to Backblaze B2. I’ve been very happy.
I’ve used restic in the past; it’s good but requires a great deal of setup if memory serves me correctly. I’m currently using Duplicati on both Ubuntu and Windows and I’ve never had any issues. Thanks for sharing your experience though; I’ll be vigilant.
Restic to B2 is made of win.
The quick, change-only backups in a digit executable intrigued me; the ability to mount snapshots to get at, e.g., a single file hooked me. The wide, effortless support for services like BackBlaze made me an advocate.
I back up nightly to a local disk, and twice a week to B2. Everywhere. I have some 6 machines I do this on; one holds the family photos and our music library, and is near a TB by itself. I still pay only a few dollars per month to B2; it’s a great service.
