Mastodawn

#Backup question to the community

Using modern filesystems like #btrfs, isn't there a easy to handle solution to make snapshots and back them up with good #ux?

In my case, running #NAS on #TrueNAS, I guess I can leverage:
- Create #zvol
- Ise #btrbk, targeted to this zvol

Is there another solution? #WebUI? #GUI? #Docker?

Juan-Pablo Paredes Jun 9, 2025

Abandoné mi estrategia de respaldos con #Timeshift Btrfs+Rsync y opté por #Btrbk que crea instantáneas #Btrfs locales y realiza respaldos externos incrementales. Además, permite manejar diferentes subvolumenes al mismo tiempo a distinta frecuencia. Por ejemplo, puedo programar instantáneas globales del sistema de forma diaria, y al mismo tiempo, varios respaldos por hora de un directorio de trabajo, una base de datos, en particular. No tiene interfaz gráfica, pero su potencia es increíble 🤩

Sindastra Mar 18, 2025

A Simple Entry Guide to Btrfs Snapshots (Part 1)

In this guide (part 1) I’ll briefly explain what Btrfs snapshots are and how to set up automatic local snapshots.

https://www.sindastra.de/p/3285/a-simple-entry-guide-to-btrfs-snapshots-part-1

#btrbk #btrfs #linux #server #sysadmin

A Simple Entry Guide to Btrfs Snapshots (Part 1) - Sindastra's info dump

In this guide (part 1) I'll briefly explain what Btrfs snapshots are and how to set up automatic local snapshots.

Sindastra's info dump

Gonéri Le Bouder Aug 26, 2024

My backup hard-drive just died. I've a copy and I'm fine but it's just a good opportunity to remain people to backup your stuff 🙂.

I use #btrbk and manage several copies of my home directory on different medias, I strongly recommend it. It works beautifully.

Michael Müller Apr 1, 2024

Ich habe weiter mit #btrbk experimentiert: Vor Einspielen von Paketen wird automatisch ein rootfs snapshot erstellt. Systemd unit files lassen sich komfortabel mit systemctl edit erstellen / erweitern. Systemd Timer funktionieren auch hervorragend, einmal täglich wird ein Snapshot vom Home Verzeichnis gemacht.

OK|XO Jan 11, 2024

BTRFS is one of the contenders for the successor to EXT4, which has already been around for a few years. Today I will show you how to configure BTRFS on a Raspberry Pi 64 bit system in the kernel and how to create an automated backup solution with btrbk.
https://okxo.de/running-the-btrfs-file-system-with-arm64-kernel-on-the-raspberry-pi/
#RaspberryPi #BTRFS #btrbk #tutorial #Linux

Running the BTRFS file system with ARM64 kernel on the Raspberry Pi and backup with btrbk

Unfortunately, BTRFS has still not been integrated into the kernel on Raspberry Pi systems. If you convert your Raspberry Pi to 64 bit, you will not be able to make any progress with the current solutions. With a little trickery it is still possible.

OK|XO

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Kris Sep 17, 2023

@skyflare @amin https://github.com/digint/btrbk is also great for this. #backup #btrfs #btrbk

GitHub - digint/btrbk: Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes

Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes - digint/btrbk

GitHub

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iooioio Oct 29, 2022

@cablespaghetti I love #btrbk and already use it for on-site backups of other data. Might end up using it here too if I go for a physical (as opposed to a cloud-based) solution. It all depends on whether I need/want encryption.

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