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Do you have local (non-cloud) backups? If yes, that's great, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend a cloud-only (or a single backup) approach to storing important

by wtmt 6y ago

Do you have local (non-cloud) backups? If yes, that's great, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend a cloud-only (or a single backup) approach to storing important data.

executesorder66 6y ago
I currently have backups on some external drives. But I plan on also doing backups with blackblaze or somewhere similar. My plan for the cloud server is just to have a central place to access all my (and my wife's) files from any device. But then my problem is, as I mentioned earlier, how do I bulk edit/organize those files using desktop software?
- deleted 6y ago
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- rakoo 6y ago
  It feels like you're looking for something like git-annex (https://git-annex.branchable.com/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/). I've never used it but read a bit about it, here's how you would use it: - Install git-annex on your cloud - Tell git-annex that you have a remote there - Do your stuff on your local drive, push to the cloud when it's done - If some of the files are not needed locally, tell git-annex to drop them from your local drive. git-annex knows that there is another copy in a safe storage - If you want to work on some files you don't have, ask git-annex to transfer them to you. The manual steps might be a bit tedious, so git-annex also has an assistant mode that is a good-enough copy of dropbox (https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/). See the archival walkthrough, that seems to fit your use case (https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/) (I have more or less the same need, but haven't committed to doing it just yet)
  - executesorder66 6y ago
    Thanks, I'll look into it.
- marci 6y ago
  SSHFS? https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-...
  - executesorder66 6y ago
    This might just work, thanks.

by wtmt 6y ago

Do you have local (non-cloud) backups? If yes, that's great, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend a cloud-only (or a single backup) approach to storing important data.

executesorder66 6y ago

I currently have backups on some external drives. But I plan on also doing backups with blackblaze or somewhere similar. My plan for the cloud server is just to have a central place to access all my (and my wife's) files from any device. But then my problem is, as I mentioned earlier, how do I bulk edit/organize those files using desktop software?

deleted 6y ago
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rakoo 6y ago
It feels like you're looking for something like git-annex (https://git-annex.branchable.com/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/). I've never used it but read a bit about it, here's how you would use it: - Install git-annex on your cloud - Tell git-annex that you have a remote there - Do your stuff on your local drive, push to the cloud when it's done - If some of the files are not needed locally, tell git-annex to drop them from your local drive. git-annex knows that there is another copy in a safe storage - If you want to work on some files you don't have, ask git-annex to transfer them to you. The manual steps might be a bit tedious, so git-annex also has an assistant mode that is a good-enough copy of dropbox (https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/). See the archival walkthrough, that seems to fit your use case (https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/) (I have more or less the same need, but haven't committed to doing it just yet)
- executesorder66 6y ago
  Thanks, I'll look into it.
marci 6y ago
SSHFS? https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-...
- executesorder66 6y ago
  This might just work, thanks.