joschi

I'm looking for a good #backup (and #restore!) solution for a homogeneous personal IT environment.

Machines I'd like to cover:
- MacBook Pro (M1)
- Lenovo laptop (#Windows 11)
- VPS (#Linux #NixOS)
- #HomeAssistant (Home Assistant OS)
- Android smartphones (optional)

A QNAP NAS should host the backups.

What are your recommendations?

Dec 31, 2023 at 11:51amElk
Show threadjoschiDec 31, 2023
Great timing!
https://chaos.social/@isotopp/111675200720989743
Kris (@[email protected])

https://blog.koehntopp.info/2023/12/30/restic.html In which we try out Restic for Backups and find it to be amazingly fast and convenient.

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Show threadKevin HonkaDec 31, 2023
@joschi I can wholeheartedly recoomend restic + resticprofile
Show threadDer SaschaDec 31, 2023
@joschi do you want to backup all of this? Or party lie content? Maybe there are some scripting solutions or s.th. Because you have different systemtypes. Maybe you shlould think about s.th. like autopilot to seupt a preconfigured system and store the data (content) onto a cloud drive.
Show threadjoschiDec 31, 2023
@Sascha Yes, I'd ideally back up all of these devices with the same backup solution to avoid sprawl and cognitive overhead on my end. I'm also aware that this might not be possible. 🙈
Show threadSimonDec 31, 2023
@joschi https://www.borgbackup.org/ - works reliable since years.
BorgBackup – Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption

Show threadChristianDec 31, 2023
@joschi You may consider syncthing.
I don't know if HomeAssistent is supported, but all other OS should work fine.
Show threadjoschiDec 31, 2023
@schrumpelnase
SyncThing is for real-time synchronization and not for generational backups, isn't it? 🤔
Show threadChristianDec 31, 2023
@joschi your totally right. Sorry, I messed up with duplicati - which 2nd version looked great in the beginning but seems to be a bit orphaned now. Sorry! I should focus... either for the new years party or mastodon - multi tasking works as shown - NOT.
Show threadjoschiDec 31, 2023
@schrumpelnase
Guten Rutsch!
Show threadChristianDec 31, 2023
@joschi Danke! Dir auch!
Show threadbashfulrobot / Dustin KrysakJan 1, 2024
@joschi restic with autorestic.
Show threadjoschiJan 1, 2024
@joschi People seem to gravitate towards #Restic and related projects.
https://blog.koehntopp.info/2023/12/30/restic.html
https://restic.net/
https://github.com/creativeprojects/resticprofile
https://github.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic
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