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Bup: Efficient backup system based on the Git packfile format

• abrowne 11y ago
  > bup currently has no way to prune old backups. As a Mac (and therefore Time Machine) user in the process of switching to Linux, this seems to be a big downside. [...] > Until we fix this, one possible workaround is to just start a new BUP_DIR occasionally, i.e. bup-2013-10, bup-2013-11... And the workaround mostly defeats the purpose of incremental backups.
  • melted 11y ago
    There's http://backintime.le-web.org http://backintime.le-web.org, which basically does the exact same thing as Time Machine. Comes standard with Ubuntu IIRC.
    • abrowne 11y ago
      Ubuntu comes with Déjà Dup (see http://releases.ubuntu.com/wily/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.manifest http://releases.ubuntu.com/wily/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.m...)
      • melted 11y ago
        Oh well, then it's just an apt-get away. Same thing, zero dollars.
        • abrowne 11y ago
          Indeed, thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't heard of it.
• keville 11y ago
  This has been posted many, many times. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=bup&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=bup&sort=byPopularity&prefix&p...
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• rsync 11y ago
  It is my understanding that the contest for "best backup tool" has a current winner, and for now that winner is attic/borg.[1] This is important to me/us because we[2] invested a fair amount of time and effort to enable native attic and borg support on our platform. You can just point those tools right at us. As always, big "HN Readers" discount. [1] https://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/ https://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/ [2] rsync.net