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Backup software recommendation? (beehaw.org)
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Does anyone have any recommendations for good backup software? My use case is pretty simple. I have an external usb drive I want to backup to every so often. Both the source and backup drives are 8TB capacity (I’m not even close to using the full capacity yet)

Normally the backup drive is left unplugged but I want to be able to plug it in run the backup software to copy across anything new then unplug it again for storage.

Simple file backup (not looking to do a full bootable OS drive backup or anything)

Thank you

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[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for clarifying! It sounds like you are fairly experienced already. I‘m pretty certain you will figure out the right solution for yourself.

To expand a little on my setup and backup philosopy: basically 3-2-1 backup strategy, 3 copies, 2 types of media, 1 off site

  1. I run my bulk storage on two wd red 8 tb in raid 1 (2 copies)
  2. I backup the documents, personal photos and videos on an encrypted iDrive storage (3rd copy, 2 types of media, 1 off site)
  3. I also have my dvds ripped on my drives but they are „backed up“ physically in the basement

The only thing I still need go take care of is backing up my system itself which is still elusive to me.

In case you need cheap bulk backup storage. I chose iDrive because it is very cheap per TB compared to other cloud storage providers and you can encrypt everything (you could also encrypt locally and copy it somewhere but thats out of my scope rn)

Have a good one! :)