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Backups.. Pull or Push? (feddit.uk)
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I've been generally running various different ways of backing up files to my NAS (which then backs up to other locations...) - mostly syncthing for photos and large collections of files, but I tend to use rsync to push out config backups to the NAS once something's working.

But, the NAS is only powered up a few times a day (to save on electricity costs), which is fine for manual pushes, but makes scheduling backups a bit tricky.

It dawned on me that it might be better for the NAS to pull the files via rsync instead of pushing them.

Anyone tried this route and have any advice?

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

I still backup my files the most basic way, that is, create an archive locally, connect external storage and copy it there. Then disconnect external storage. The archive is made onto a separate internal drive and I keep the most recent one there, so I don't even need the external one for minor accidents.

I think only once in the last decade or so have I wanted (but never needed) to pull something back from external, but it's nice to know it's there.

The main downside to this method is that it doesn't de-duplicate, so keeping several takes a lot more space that it would do otherwise.