So, I have a VPS running some stuff, local proxmox-setup running something and then the 'normal' computers (laptop mostly) which I'd like to get a bit better backup solution for.
Proxmox VMs are taken care of by proxmox backup server and hetzner storagebox + nas at the separated garage, so they are decently protected against hardware failures. Workstations keep important files synced to nextcloud and the VPS has it's own nightly snapshots at the provider, so there's some reundancy in the system already. However, as we all know, two is one and one is none with backups, so I'd like to add a separate backup server in the mix.
As there's devices which are not online all the time I'm leaning towards an agent-based solution where devices push their data to the backup server instead of server pulling the data in. Also as I have some spare capacity I'd like to have an option to offer backup storage for friends as well where agent-based solution is a practically requirement.
But now the difficult thing is to decide software for it. Veeam offers something for hobbyists, but I'd rather have more open solution. Bacula seems promising, but based on a quick read it doesn't seem to be that simple to set up. Amanda looked good too, but that seems to be more or less abandoned project. Borg Backup would fill my own needs, but as friends tend to have either Windows or OSX that's not quite what I'm after.
Any suggestions on what route I should take?
9 Comments
statelesz@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 167d
Borg an Restic should both be able to do that. I personally use Borg on my Storagebox and have scripts on all my devices that push periodic backups.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 167d
same, borg with borgmatic
suigenerix@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 167d
Kopia might meet your needs.
https://kopia.io/
(Edit, because I've got more time :)
I've been happily using it for years for similar needs (mixed systems)
suigenerix@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 167d
johntash@eviltoast.org · 2 pts · 166d
Kopia isn't exactly agent based but you can at least change settings/policies for different machines if you use kopia server. I use it to have a global exclude list basically on the machines I back up.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 166d
Another vote for borg, I use a script and cron on the systems that aren't in my proxmox host to trigger it and write to my NAS. There are windows GUIs for it, and you could also use WSL to run it.
But imo, backups should always be push, not pull. Makes it much easier to manage from my experience
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 166d
I have my shared data on Longhorn, so for services that's just longhorn as a PVC on rke2(k8s) and for clients I expose the NFS for mounts from a longhorn PVC to them to mount to.
Cloudstash@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 166d
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 166d
Not from my wife if I lose our photo collection which has been building up since we got our first digital camera 20ish years ago.
Cloudstash@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 166d
tobz619@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 166d
??? What's wrong with a simple cron job / systemd timer with a bash script?
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 166d
No deduplication, encryption nor support for non-linux operating systems for a start.