Backup Application of the Year

jeremy · 12-23-2020, 10:39 AM

What's your preferred tool for backups?
Note: rsync and tar were removed in a previous year.

--jeremy

sevendogsbsd · 12-23-2020, 10:40 AM

Rsync.

GazL · 12-23-2020, 12:14 PM

rsync for point-in-time disaster recovery image.
tar listed-incrementals for archiving.

verndog · 12-23-2020, 12:44 PM

In this order: fsarchiver, clonezilla, Macrium Reflect

fatmac · 12-23-2020, 01:22 PM

it's rsync for me too

JSB · 12-23-2020, 01:26 PM

I like Bacula.

auge · 12-23-2020, 01:34 PM

I haven't even heard about 80% of these and use rsync, scp, tar and commands of hypervisors in self-made scripts to backup to places where the stuff is cyclical going to a tape-library with tar or vendor-specific proprietary software. I hope this is legit too.

Anyways thanks for the list, when there is some spare-time over christmas and year-change I will research what they are.

edit: Oh, and "restic" is missing there, with that option I would have at least one thing in there that I could have voted for

ondoho · 12-23-2020, 02:43 PM

Borg.

sevendogsbsd · 12-23-2020, 08:13 PM

I use rsync to back up data only. I don’t care about the OS, that’s an easy install. Having said that, it’s a workstation. Servers are I am sure, done differently.

BenCollver · 12-25-2020, 02:26 PM

rsync

dchmelik · 12-31-2020, 01:52 AM

rsync

WFV · 01-02-2021, 11:21 PM

rsync

Jevan · 01-05-2021, 02:02 PM

The closest I use is InSync with my Google Drive, but not sure if strictly speaking it fits in this category.

hgriggs · 01-05-2021, 02:05 PM

rsync and tar

vtel57 · 01-05-2021, 03:04 PM

Rsync.