Comment on Backup/Server Options - is Syncthing / Nextcloud really the go?
merde@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoIf you accidentally delete files you shouldn’t, you don’t want this deletion to sync to all your copies so it’s gone for good and the backup doesn’t help.
edit folder > ignore delete
and you don’t have to worry about syncthing deleting your backup
Yip you can do that but then it’s messy! And what if you overwrite a file by accident?
And if you do lose your hard drive then you have a weird state to restore from.
I’d much prefer the ability to restore to a point in time that comes with something like borg.
And what if you overwrite a file by accident?
you can activate one of the options in the “file versioning” to keep deleted files, up to x versions and however long you want
And if you do lose your hard drive then you have a weird state to restore from.
are you writing about losing the backUp drive?
I think versioning is the better option.
are you writing about losing the backUp drive?
No, losing your main version. Imagine you have a computer with syncthing and a server where it syncs to. If you chose no deletions, then it will sync all files to the server but all the stuff you deleted (draft documents, random files, photos from that time your kid held the camera button on your phone down and took 3000 photos in 30 seconds) will be deleted from your computer but still there on your server.
When you computer gets struck by lightning and everything is destroyed but the server is fine, now you have to re-sort out all your files because all the stuff you deleted is still on the server version.
Your suggestion of enabling the option to keep previous versions is probably cleaner. Personally I prefer to keep previous versions and deduplicate to save space.
aksdb@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That, on the other hand, is only viable, if you are sure, data never needs to expire. Dedicated backup solutions work with retention policies.