Johannes BrakensiekOct 1, 2025
Recognized I've got lots of stuff on my Linux daily business machine, that isn't synchronized to either Seafile or Nextcloud anymore.
Started setting up a regular #backup to my SMB network drive. Turns out - it isn't that easy. #Vorta (#BorgBackup) constantly failed either on the #Borg (network connection) or the #GUI side (crashes, probably due to buffer overflow).
Now I'm running #DejaDup from @mikix. Looks good so far.
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Ok, #DejaDup failed quite some times now as well. It seems anything with that gvfs network layer is interrupting the network connection. That's a little bit annoying…
Show threadJohannes BrakensiekOct 1, 2025

Since I'm on old Debian 12… better trying the Flatpak version now…

The Debian version really was still using Duplicity while the current versions use Restic.

#backup #DejaDup

Show threadJohannes BrakensiekOct 1, 2025
Ok, whatever backup solution I try they fail with IO errors because of the underlying gfvs SMB implementation. That's bad. Gonna try AFP, but I think that's gonna be very slow. Otherwise I probably need to update the whole system. That sounds like quite some work…
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Easier to install MacPorts and borg on the server to use ssh, I think…

#backup

Oct 1, 2025 at 1:24pmWeb
Show threadJohannes BrakensiekOct 1, 2025
Ok, caught in the #Debian trap. I‘d need a newer #gvfs or #smb implementation in hope things are fixed then. But #LMDE is even slower than #Debian, so no updates yet.
Show threadJohannes BrakensiekOct 1, 2025

Last chance: Using kernel space cifs mount instead of the userspace mount.

#backup #smb #dejadup

Show threadsunweaverOct 1, 2025
@lazarus You could build the required parts from Debian source packages. What exactly are the missing bits, features or the present bugs? And what Debian base does your LMDE use?