[Techtalk] seeking backup solution recommendations

[Rudy Zijlstra]

Hi Meryll,

Have you looked at rdiff-backup? Do not know if it will work in your 
setup though, as it is not the fastest. It is cli based though and make 
differential backups

Cheers

Rudy

On 09-02-2021 05:55, Meryll Larkin wrote:
> Hi Little Girl,
>
> Whoops!  You are correct.  I did receive a response from you!  You wrote
> about GRsync and I forgot about it because you mentioned "dry run button".
>
> I'm working with the Linux command line and I SHOULD have asked - what
> happens with GRSync if I don't have access to "GUI"?
>
> Yes, I know  how to do ssh X forwarding, the problem is that the connection
> is so slow... screen redraw takes forever and it always feels like it is
> about to freeze or drop.    If there is a command line menu or command line
> options, that would be better for me.   I guess I can research that, too.
>
> I have used (regular) rsync for backups for years, and it is the solution I
> use in my own home - I created an rsync script that runs weekly with cron.
>
> My experience with (regular) rsync and the tapes that I am using is that tar
> with the right BlockSize and blocking-factor tends to be faster.
> Faster is important when the issue is input to a single tape of a repository
> with 25T of data.
>
> Still good to hear of another option though.  Someone will probably benefit
> from your information.
>
> Thank you,
> Meryll Larkin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Little Girl [mailto:littlergirl at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 2:03 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] seeking backup solution recommendations
>
> Hey there,
>
> Meryll Larkin wrote:
>
>> No one else has responded,
> I'm going to have to decide whether to use my powers of invisibility
> for good or evil, for they are strong. I guess it's a good thing that
> good looks more appealing. Anyway, good luck to you and I hope you
> find a solution that you're happy with.
>