From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92D3C15838C for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0C392BC085; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:35:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE9CB2BC06F for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:35:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rUtss-0005OF-O2 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:35:02 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Suggestions for backup scheme? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:32:22 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1958102.PYKUYFuaPT@rogueboard> User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 329b651a-8dc7-4e48-994d-f1b7ad5167f1 X-Archives-Hash: 311f3c87ec58879e70f38f083946b2cb On 2024-01-30, Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 30 January 2024 18:15:09 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: >> I need to set up some sort of automated backup on a couple Gentoo >> machines (typical desktop software development and home use). One of >> them used rsnapshot in the past but the crontab entries that drove >> that have vanished :/ The crontabs had not dissappeared, I was looking on the wrong computer. Too many terminal windows open... > You have probably seen the backup packages suggested in this wiki page? Yep. Rsnapshot is one of them, and it's what I chose quite a few years ago. > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Backup > > and what's available in the tree: > > https://packages.gentoo.org/categories/app-backup I'll look through the package database and visit some of the home pages. > You may also want to consider integral filesystem solutions like btrfs and > zfs, depending on your needs and how often your data change, as well as > related scripts; e.g.: I don't think I'm ready to switch from ext4.