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As a GUI solution, I like TimeShift (essentially a GUI over a simplified rsync; http://www.teejeetech.in/p/timeshift.html). After initial setup, it does what it needs to do quietly in the background, very much like Windows' System Restore. I back up my partitions every couple of weeks anyway, but daily TimeShift backups allow a more fine-tuned solution if system problems occur.
voted nothing as cp (plain copy command) is missing
others are unuseable, too complicated. plain cp -avr + disk structure + uasp usb 3.0 case + fresh SSD works the best here
A combination of tar, scp, rsync, postgresql and perl
Backup for all our Linux, HP-UX and AIX systems since 2005 on a single Linux box, heavily optimized to detecting duplicate files. Average restore time for any file backuped in the last 10 years is ± 15 seconds. System includes tools to compare files on the backup before restore.
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Uncharacteristically for myself, I have recently opted for a commercial Internet ("cloud" ... hate the way the term is used ... ) based solution called CrashPlan. As others have mentioned for various tools in various categories : it just works and the price is probably less than I used to spend on my own "in-house" redundant-hardware-based solutions in the past (2nd server, removeable media, ... etc. etc. etc. ...).
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