What do you use to back up local files from Linux to external hard drive?
I have been using rsnapshot, but maybe there are better solutions out there?
Does anyone have an experience with btrfs and snapshots? Do you trust it?
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@mirekdlugosz What's your use case regarding btrfs snapshots?
I would recommend other methods like rsnapshot, restic, borg, etc. rather than filesystem snapshots in most cases.
@blasfisq
I don’t have one. The question is what pros and cons of such thing would be.
I imagine doing rsync from laptop to external drive, and then doing btrfs snapshots on external to go back in time (like recovering old version of file etc).
@mirekdlugosz 2/2 con argument would be that you need more tools, more manual consistency checking, separate tooling for encryption and so on.
Easy read on btrfs
https://itsfoss.com/btrfs/
For the mentioned use case I'd recommend restic in combination with the 3-2-1-1-0 strategy if possible: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/tip/How-the-3-2-1-1-0-backup-rule-reflects-modern-needs
Mirek Długosz 🕸️
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blasfisq