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Data Backup Solutions (piefed.world)

submitted 1 day ago by TurkeyDurkey@piefed.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Always used Seafile to backup all of my electronics. Then borgmatic and borgbase as my only remote backup for my entire server. Local backup on another drive every now and then.

Have been having trouble fixing up the latest version of Seafile in docker and I've gotten too busy to deal with it over and over.

And now I only have to deal with my own backup data. So Seafile isn't so useful anymore.

Looking for information on other home server data backup flows.

At most 500Gb of usage is what I expect to idle around. Need integrity checks, best speeds and reputable service. The works, I know.

Looking for same annual pricing as borgbase (~80USD) or better of course.

Here are a couple I found:

Filen
Jottacloud
some Hetzner storage or something

Definetly need a CLI tool with syncing. Or some method for client side encryption backups.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

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[–] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

I use rsync too. It's older and from what I understand was designed at a time when data storage was much smaller so it may not be as fast as other backup options. It also doesn't have encrypted backups like other backup options (I think).

Rsync has been the most reliable option for me though. Every syncing option I've tried seems too complicated and breaks down every time I look away. Since my entire backup size is around 550gb and I'm not concerned with encrypted backups, I think rsync just works just fine.

I even created my own tool that puts my rsync commands into easy to read/modify files so I can organize my most common transfers. I can easily backup my phone, HomeAssistant server, home server and computer to my two backup locations in a single alias or cronjob now.

A bit of a pain to learning how to make proper backups that restore successfully every time, but once I figured it out, I've been very confident in my backup strategy.