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I use dar[0] to create incremental, compressed, encrypted backup archives, and then upload those to a GCS bucket. GCS is dirt cheap even for terabytes of data,
by querez 6y ago
I use dar[0] to create incremental, compressed, encrypted backup archives, and then upload those to a GCS bucket. GCS is dirt cheap even for terabytes of data, so as added bonus this gives me a
history of all my files (eg, i still have backup archives from 2013). Both calls wrapped into a shell script that is regularly scheduled via a cronjob on my local server. Within my network i sync between laptop, pc and server via syncthing. Works well for me, even though it doesn't handle file renames gracefully.
[0] http://dar.linux.free.fr/ http://dar.linux.free.fr/
- josephernest 6y agoDo you think there is a way to avoid to retransfer files that have been renamed/moved with this method? This is the use case I mentioned: I often move files from one dir to another when working on audio- or video-production projects, and it can be dozains of gigabytes.
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- querez 6y agoWithin my home network, syncthing handles file renames gracefully [0]. For backups to cloud storage, This might require changes to dar, because according to [1] it's unclear how that tool handles renames. Since I only do these off-site backups to cloud storage once a month, I'm okay with it using a bit more bandwith/storage (as long as it runs over night and doesn't get in anybody's way). [0] https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-file/11091 https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-file/11091 [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Synchronization_and_backup_programs https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Synchronization_and_bac...