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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/LordOthello on 2023-09-26 11:32:58+00:00.
Hi folks,
I am looking for suggestions / recommendations on backup programs which have all of the following features.
The situation is simple – lots of different devices (phones, laptops, one desktop, and a chromebook) all accessing and writing to a common fileshare (windows home server). This server needs to be backed up to (1) an external drive / DAS and (2) Google Drive.
I have searched on here as well as other places online, but can’t seem to find a backup software that explicitly mentions all of the below points in its feature-set.
Hoping folks here can help. Thanks!
- Reliable, reliable, reliable – proven reliability over multiple years (scared of all the horror stories that people here have shared about Duplicati, for example)
- Should have a GUI (can’t be command line only)
- Block-level differentials, byte-for-byte checks, incremental backups…usual stuff
- Real-time, periodic and manual backups
- Integrity Check – this one is the one I am having most trouble with. I am looking for software that is able to (a) verify the backup files against source files, and (b) verify backup files against older versions of itself. Basically some sort of protection against ‘bitrot’.
- Some form of ransomware protection? Encryption? (Hence, afraid of using sync software for backups).
- The app should not be abandonware (I don’t mind if its paid/ closed source)
- Set and forget with minimal manual intervention
- Good to have - Cross-platform. Should be able to read/ restore backup data from variety of different OS environments.
I have looked at some sync / backup solutions such as syncthing, freefilesync, bvckup2, and a few others which are often mentioned here.
I have also looked at some image backup solutions – Macrium and Terabyte Image for Windows.
Also, not looking for ZFS as a filesystem for the bitrot part, this is a windows server with NTFS and different sized drives pooled with Stablebit Drivepool.
So far, the 3 solutions that looked most promising to me (but all 3 are Windows only sadly)–
- Bvckup 2 – Best part about it is there is no vendor lock-in, as files are just copied over without any proprietary format.
- Terabyte Image for Windows – has almost all the features, but don’t know about the bitrot part. Also proprietary backup image format
- Syncback Pro – This also seems to have most of the features but I don’t know
So what I am thinking –
Use some sync software (syncthing, resilio sync, etc.) between the server and all the different devices. And use one of the above 3 backup solutions to backup the server to the external HDD and cloud.
Open to suggestions. What do y’all use yourselves?
Many thanks!!