Comment on Backup/Server Options - is Syncthing / Nextcloud really the go?
communism@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
You’ve not made it clear what exactly it is you want. Nextcloud or syncthing are good for syncing personal files. If you want to make server backups, they’re not gonna be the way.
If you want to automate backups, you could just use a cronjob to make a tarball and rsync it?
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Better yet, use borg to back up. Managing your own tars is a burden. Borg does duduplication, encryption, compression, and incrementals. It’s as easy to use as rsync but it’s a proper backup tool, rather than a syncing tool.
Not the only option, but it’s open source, and a lot of hosts support it directly. Also works great for local backups to external media. Check out Vorta if you want a GUI.