I have a server running Debian with 24 TB of storage. I would ideally like to back up all of it, though much of it is torrents, so only the ones with low seeders really need backed up. I know about the 321 rule but it sounds like it would be expensive. What do you do for backups? Also if anyone uses tape drives for backups I am kinda curious about that potentially for offsite backups in a safe deposit box or something.

TLDR: title.

Edit: You have mentioned borg and rsync, and while borg looks good, I want to go with rsync as it seems to be more actively maintained. I would like to also have my backups encrypted, but rsync doesn’t seem to have that built in. Does anyone know what to do for encrypted backups?

  • @douglasg14bEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    Yes.

    I’m sure one can reasonably infer that I do not mean 30 meters.

    Conveniently at highway speeds 30 minutes and 30 miles away are essentially equal.

    I’ll try and use appropriate notation next time

    • @[email protected]English
      2•9 months ago

      I was just joking :)

      30 minutes can vary a lot depending on traffic. If there’s traffic, it can take me 30-40 minutes to get home from work even though it’s only 11 miles away and ~15 mins with no traffic.