Would syncing your backup directory work? Like take snapshots of your system, dump the snapshots all in a single directory, and sync it to an off-site location?
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autonomoususer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Is Syncthing my ideal backup application?¶
No. Syncthing is not a great backup application because all changes to your files (modifications, deletions, etc.) will be propagated to all your devices. You can enable versioning, but we encourage you to use other tools to keep your data safe from your (or our) mistakes.
Nimrod@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Kind of. That improves your backup safety, but doesn’t mitigate all the risks. E.g. if you accidentally delete everything from your backup directory, then all those deletions also happen on the sync’d one.
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No, re-read above.
Mio@feddit.nu 4 weeks ago
This is why you should have file history versioning on. With backup this is a most.