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How to set up like this with features -

  1. Forever full backups/DeDuplication
  2. Option Delete changes older than x.
  3. How to Only backup Select Data, like only personal data,
  4. Save a "Ghost" for other data (from internet) which is only Filename, Metadata and Folder-Structure.
  5. "File Change Tracker" to see summary of what files are moved/deleted/renamed.
  6. "File History" where I see previous version of files.
  7. Configure from inside folders for disks (not OS) with .backupconfigfile containing something like backup=1, or have select file backuped/not-backed-up.

Incremental backup method, where I only make full backups once ,

Question - as i understand from "grandfather,father,son" method - that Full backups are still necessary when using snapshots/incremental backups, why is that ?

To Backup

  • External and Internal Disk (files) and OSes to backup,
  • Backup select data from Disks,
  • all separately backup-ed to the same backup disk, .
Software FOSS Enterprise OS Encrypted GUI MultiMachine Dedup Snapshots Scalable Schedule Lesson
Restic (creativeprojects/resticprofile, garethgeorge/backrest) 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 (Seems like is best it's Old and trusted)
urbackup (seems Powerful) 🟒 ⚠️macOS Lesson , https://christitus.com/urbackup/
Duplicati 🟒 🟒 🟒 Data issues
Freefilesync.org 🟒 🟒
Minarca 🟒 🟒
plakar.io 🟒 🟒
Rescuezilla 🟒 🟒
blinkdisk 🟒 🟒
syncBKUP (Jim-JMCD) 🟒
Bacula 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 Lesson
Bareos (Bacula Fork) 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒
Kopia 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒
vykar 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 🟒 Rust, YAML config, Support for S3, Custom REST, SFTP Storage. Inspired by BorgBackup, Borgmatic, Restic, Rustic.
Pika 🟒 ❌Windows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W30wzKVwCHo
Borg 🟒 ⚠️Windows)(cygwin/WSL) ⚠️macOS 🟒 🟒
Duplicacy github source-available 🟒 🟒
BackInTime (rsync frontent for backups) ❌Windows
Veeam (Free) πŸ”΄ 🟒 ⚠️macOS 🟒
Backblaze - -

Sync Tools not backup

Rsync https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync

RClone - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCIi-NxJEo )

Old Post about methodology - https://lemmy.ml/post/44433232

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