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Also works on Linux which Backblaze doesn't. I have Ubuntu on all the family and some extended family machines and using Crashplan currently. Anyone can recomm

by rdtsc 9y ago

Also works on Linux which Backblaze doesn't. I have Ubuntu on all the family and some extended family machines and using Crashplan currently. Anyone can recommend if a good backup alternative that works on a Linux (desktop)?

andrewstuart2 9y ago
For full folder backups, duplicity [1] has been great for me, does incremental backups, and has quite a few backends. You control rotation policies, full-snapshot frequency, etc, and bring your own storage (works with s3, rsync, etc.). Full-folder recovery is also pretty easy in my experience. The downside is that it's all on you to configure providers, pay for storage, and I'm not aware of any indexing or ability to retrieve single files. Also, it's CLI-based, so it might not be very intuitive for desktop use. Still, a free solution with lots of utility. :-) [1] http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ http://duplicity.nongnu.org/
- ATsch 9y ago
  The issue with these for me is that with the common cloud storage providers, even just backing up my Documents folder raises it above the price of BackBlaze or a similar offering.
  - y4mi 9y ago
    if you're willing to pay 50€/year, you could get a hubic[1] subscription for a 10TB cloud storage. i haven't tested it myself though, just heard about it. Its supposidly possible to share this account with friends, because duplicity backups are GPG encrypted. [1] https://hubic.com/en/offers/storage-10tb https://hubic.com/en/offers/storage-10tb
    - ValentineC 9y ago
      Hubic has an unpublished 10Mbps upload speed limit [1][2], which should be sufficient for most backups, but is still something worth taking note of. [1] https://forums.hubic.com/showthread.php?173782-10Mbps-bandwidth-limitation https://forums.hubic.com/showthread.php?173782-10Mbps-bandwi... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/4o9tm2/psa_hubic_is_now_limited_to_10mbps_transfer_speeds/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/4o9tm2/psa_hub...
  - rrix2 9y ago
    Duplicity can backup to Backblaze's B2 service, which is an S3-alike where you only pay for storage and download, not upload. 40$ to restore backup in the case of a failed disk, and a few bucks a month (literally) for storage.
  - Ajedi32 9y ago
    Anyone have any experience with Sia? $2 per Terabyte-month sounds really attractive.
    - jtagx 9y ago
      I dont't think there's an easy way to push incremental backups into Sia
godzillabrennus 9y ago
https://www.cloudberrylab.com https://www.cloudberrylab.com These guys have a fantastic tool for rolling out a backup plan using storage that makes sense for your needs.
azag0 9y ago
I use rsync [1] to backup my laptop to my server twice an hour. (Hard-linking files that already exist in previous images.) Then another script [2] on the server prunes old backups every night. [1] https://gist.github.com/azag0/187174485a35a70d9d1d79c8533a6bac https://gist.github.com/azag0/187174485a35a70d9d1d79c8533a6b... [2] https://gist.github.com/azag0/b975c8a1935db29376e20926404d0091 https://gist.github.com/azag0/b975c8a1935db29376e20926404d00...

by rdtsc 9y ago

andrewstuart2 9y ago

For full folder backups, duplicity [1] has been great for me, does incremental backups, and has quite a few backends. You control rotation policies, full-snapshot frequency, etc, and bring your own storage (works with s3, rsync, etc.). Full-folder recovery is also pretty easy in my experience. The downside is that it's all on you to configure providers, pay for storage, and I'm not aware of any indexing or ability to retrieve single files. Also, it's CLI-based, so it might not be very intuitive for desktop use. Still, a free solution with lots of utility. :-) [1] http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ http://duplicity.nongnu.org/

ATsch 9y ago
The issue with these for me is that with the common cloud storage providers, even just backing up my Documents folder raises it above the price of BackBlaze or a similar offering.
- y4mi 9y ago
  if you're willing to pay 50€/year, you could get a hubic[1] subscription for a 10TB cloud storage. i haven't tested it myself though, just heard about it. Its supposidly possible to share this account with friends, because duplicity backups are GPG encrypted. [1] https://hubic.com/en/offers/storage-10tb https://hubic.com/en/offers/storage-10tb
  - ValentineC 9y ago
    Hubic has an unpublished 10Mbps upload speed limit [1][2], which should be sufficient for most backups, but is still something worth taking note of. [1] https://forums.hubic.com/showthread.php?173782-10Mbps-bandwidth-limitation https://forums.hubic.com/showthread.php?173782-10Mbps-bandwi... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/4o9tm2/psa_hubic_is_now_limited_to_10mbps_transfer_speeds/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/4o9tm2/psa_hub...
- rrix2 9y ago
  Duplicity can backup to Backblaze's B2 service, which is an S3-alike where you only pay for storage and download, not upload. 40$ to restore backup in the case of a failed disk, and a few bucks a month (literally) for storage.
- Ajedi32 9y ago
  Anyone have any experience with Sia? $2 per Terabyte-month sounds really attractive.
  - jtagx 9y ago
    I dont't think there's an easy way to push incremental backups into Sia

godzillabrennus 9y ago

https://www.cloudberrylab.com https://www.cloudberrylab.com These guys have a fantastic tool for rolling out a backup plan using storage that makes sense for your needs.

azag0 9y ago

I use rsync [1] to backup my laptop to my server twice an hour. (Hard-linking files that already exist in previous images.) Then another script [2] on the server prunes old backups every night. [1] https://gist.github.com/azag0/187174485a35a70d9d1d79c8533a6bac https://gist.github.com/azag0/187174485a35a70d9d1d79c8533a6b... [2] https://gist.github.com/azag0/b975c8a1935db29376e20926404d0091 https://gist.github.com/azag0/b975c8a1935db29376e20926404d00...