An Obsidian user on Medium recently lost an entire vault to data corruption because of an encryption plugin.
I’m very sorry this happened to them, and that they didn’t have a backup.
Truly, if our notes in Obsidian can’t function without features that exist only in that app, we’ve shackled ourselves to the wall of a prison without a door.
Always have an exit plan! Always backup your work! And never lock all your data with a key you don’t own.
We all know that Gmail is a big name in the mailing business. Multiple businesses using the G Suite, after having all safety features still there will be a need to have a copy of the G Suite emails. There is a need for a G suite Backup and Restore tool that will complete the backup process in a minimum period. ...
Eigentlich wollte ich heute mal mit dem Rad eine längere Tour unternehmen, ist mir dann aber doch zu windig. Also werde ich mich stattdessen mal um mein Telefon kümmern und endlich das in die Jahre gekommene /e/-OS (aus irgend einem Grund bekomme ich da seit längerem keine Aktualisierungen mehr ... :undecided: ) gegen #iodéOS tauschen.
Mal schauen, ob ich auf der Checkliste auch wirklich alles beachtet habe damit es danach wieder so funktioniert wie ich es haben möchte :wink: :
What do folks like for Linux offsite backup providers?
I have a Linux desktop with 1-2 TB of data that I want backed up on someone else's servers. I'm currently using Crashplan but my primary use case is data corruption which leads to lost files, and crashplan won't show me a list of recently deleted files that I need to restore. (also they're more business than individual focused now)
Continuing my #backup saga, I’ve set sanoid and syncoid on my nas to properly take snapshots of my datasets and replicate to a different media. Next step is configure restic to make regular backups to the cloud. cc: @augustocc
Wie bekommt man ein #Android dazu Dateien, vorrangig Bilder und Videos auf ein #Samba Share zu laden? Ich hätte sowas unter "Teilen" in der Galerie erwartet aber scheinbar ist das kein unterstütztes Feature...
Jemand eine Idee wie das geht?
Geht generell um #Backup und Netzwerk Zugriff auf die Daten.
Bin dankbar über jeden Hinweis.
What do you use to back up local files from Linux to external hard drive?
I have been using rsnapshot, but maybe there are better solutions out there?
Does anyone have an experience with btrfs and snapshots? Do you trust it?
As the saying goes, "Real BOFH use tar and rsync!"
The blog article is an excellent treatment of using tar along with SSH to effect a reliable backup plan and schedule.
Another couple of great fav GoTo solutions of mine have always been Duplicity and Duply for those not comfortable rolling their own scripts w/SSH, tar, and/or rsync :batman:
Thank you very much for sharing this @nixCraft !!!
Well, I've deleted a lot of my media storage. Mostly anything extraneous from the beginning of this year. I am attempting to get another archive, but I'm guessing it won't work because my media storage is 180 MB. It does not work, I will be deleting my images up until April and try again. I've been particularly ruthless with my live photos which become GIFs on this site and take up a lot of storage.
Considering to change my #backup solution from #duplicity to #restic (Not sure yet, I like having #pgp keys for encryption, but it's not like a long password stored in #PasswordStore wouldn't cut it). Since restic supports Windows I might try moving a couple relatives onto it; Makes helping them easier if I know the software. For them however, a #GUI is likely a MUST, but what I've found so far is not too encouraging: restatic (dead), npbackup ("metrics" and other assorted niggles), resticguigx (Electron), backrest (browser-based, which makes my skin crawl for security tooling)... Does anyone know other options I missed? Or has some compelling arguments for those I mentioned?
Apple Watch Backup löschen und Platz frei schaffen
In den Einstellungen des iPhones befindet sich auch das Backup der Apple Watch. Vorausgesetzt, eine solche wurde einmal eingerichtet. Einige wenige Megabyte kann man hier möglicherweise freiräumen, wenn alte Backups gelöscht werden. Zu finden sind die Sicherungen der Apple Watch unter Einstellungen → Allgemein → iPhon…
It is the "world #backup day", at least according to WorldBackupDay.com. I like the idea of having such a day, to serve as another nudge and a reminder to make and check backups, though WorldBackupDay.com is awkward, does not mention rsync in its software section. The "com" TLD looks suspicious, too, but it is better than nothing (except for potential private data leaks with online backup services).
I use primarily encrypted external HDDs (#ZFS or #LUKS with #ext4) and #rsync for personal backups, including rsync with "--dry-run --checksum" for scrubbing and checking before synchronization; quite happy that such tools are available, even though they are usually taken for granted, as are many other neat FLOSS tools we use regularly. Planning to add a USB stick to the list of storage devices, since it should be less fragile mechanically (even though less reliable otherwise).
This looks too good not to experiment with. You have interactive modes, can query for files and their restoration -- only thing that's missing for me a.t.m. is changing my Mac's APFS volume to ZFS 😞
I have a NAS that I use to backup my devices. Now I want to periodically backup that NAS to some cloud storage.
There would be many uploads and very rarely (hopefully never) downloads. So uploads and storage should be cheap, but it's OK if downloads are expensive.
What software and host/cloud providers do you folks recommend? I want to encrypt the data before uploading.
G Suite Backup and Restore Software
We all know that Gmail is a big name in the mailing business. Multiple businesses using the G Suite, after having all safety features still there will be a need to have a copy of the G Suite emails. There is a need for a G suite Backup and Restore tool that will complete the backup process in a minimum period. ...