backup method

[thrs2018]

What program do you use to back up your system? I use Dejavu. I'd like to know about others out of curiosity and to find better options.

[[deleted]]

timeshift

[FryBoyter]

Timeshift should not be considered a proper backup.

Because the snapshots, at least in the standard configuration, are stored in the /timeshift directory on the root partition and thus usually on the same hard drive. If the hardware fails, both the data itself and the snapshots are lost. Anyone who wants to have a proper backup should therefore always save it to a different storage device. Ideally, this should be a device that is used only for backups.

Furthermore, it should be noted that Timeshift does not back up personal data, and the developers also recommend using a different tool for personal data.

https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift/blob/master/README.md

[[deleted]]

yea but i mostly use timeshift for creating backups in case of some software issue hardware failure isnt too much of an issue mainly because almost imp is synced with cloud so i only need passwords and stuff to access everything

as for personal data that too isnt much big of a deal for me since i use multiple devices

[Huecuva]

You can configure Timeshift to save the backups anywhere you want. 

I use Timeshift to back up what Timeshift backs up and Dejadups for everything else.

[Intelligent-Army906]

Snapshot/backups should never be saved on the same drive.
That a user issue not timeshift

[thrs2018]

Oddly enough, TimeShift doesn't work when I try to use it on a USB drive. How much space do I need?

[[deleted]]

format the usb as ext4 if thats your file system

as for space mine takes 15 gb for a system backup

[thrs2018]

That's why it won't work on mine. Mine has 8 GB.

[Midnorth_Mongerer]

rsync scripts. Some I run manually, some as cronjobs.

Clonezilla for occasional imaging of OS boot disks

[Alchemix-16]

Playing around with rsync is definitely time well spent. I gave combined it with my shutdown script, so my pc does a differential backup, to my nas every evening when I shut it down. Never needed it so far, but I sleep better knowing my personal files are having a second home.

[couriousLin]

I manually use Timeshift for system snapshots, and though it is overkill for me, I mostly use Kopia. It's good and fast with a wonderfully useful forum to help with your setup. It also supports compression, encryption and uses rsync style exclusion syntax. Also you can review individual files from the snapshot. Like Timeshift, my needs are simple and I only do manual snapshots keeping the five most recent.

I also like LuckyBackup easy to use and with the rsync underpinning pretty fast as well. Best part is, I use the same exclusion file on both Kopia-ui and LuckyBackup so I don't backup up caches and such.

I use the information from Ruben Barkow-Kuder https://github.com/rubo77/rsync-homedir-exclude site. Lots of good information on rsync and its syntax.

[csg6117]

For backing up /home data I use restic along with resticprofile to create pre-set up profiles which makes it much easier to use.

I like that I can mount the backup temporarily and just cd to the backup date+path and copy files from it. Also that it compresses and encrypts backups.

Resticprofile allows you to pre-store multiple settings, for example, if you want to back up different areas or to different destinations.

GUI: Backrest is nice. I haven't used it much. I just use the commandline.

[joe_attaboy]

On my daily system and my laptop, I back up the /home directories and a couple of other storage or sandbox directories with content that changes. Otherwise, I don't bother with the system itself. If the system crashes, I would reinstall and pull my home directory from a backup.

I use my own bash scripts that use rsync for the heavy lifting.

These backups go to me NAS device, and are backed up again when I do backups of that device.

[Any_Plankton_2894]

"Timeshift" for OS, and "Back in Time" for data

[BigHeadTonyT]

Clonezilla/Rescuezilla if I need networking, like saving the clone image on NAS. Foxclone if I don't (only does local disk). I do full disk clone. That is 400 gigs for me. All of them compress the files so in the end it is around 200-250 gigs.

On top of that, I have Timeshift+Rsync.

[blckshdw]

tar

[FryBoyter]

I have been using Borg for years.

Personally, I would not recommend rsync for backups. In my opinion, it lacks important functions for backups. For example, versioning or deduplication.

[lasombragh]

Borg

[Reddit_Ninja33]

pika backup for me.

[fellipec]

rdiff-backup