I have a server running Debian with 24 TB of storage. I would ideally like to back up all of it, though much of it is torrents, so only the ones with low seeders really need backed up. I know about the 321 rule but it sounds like it would be expensive. What do you do for backups? Also if anyone uses tape drives for backups I am kinda curious about that potentially for offsite backups in a safe deposit box or something.

TLDR: title.

Edit: You have mentioned borg and rsync, and while borg looks good, I want to go with rsync as it seems to be more actively maintained. I would like to also have my backups encrypted, but rsync doesn’t seem to have that built in. Does anyone know what to do for encrypted backups?

  • @[email protected]English
    1•9 months ago

    It is unrealiatic, that in a stable software release there is suddenly, after you tested your backup a hard bug which prevents recovery.

    How is unrealistic? Think of this:

    • day 1: you backup your files, test the backup and everything is fine
    • day 2: you store a new file that triggers a bug in the compression/encryption algorithm of whatever software you use, now backups are corrupted at least for this file Unless you test every backup you do, and consequently can’t backup fast enough, I don’t see how you can predict that future files and situations won’t trigger bugs in a software
    • @[email protected]English
      1•9 months ago

      We talk about software that is considered stable. That has verification checks for the backup. Used by thousands of ppl. It is unrealistic.