Re: Backup ideas

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:43:22 -0400
Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:28 PM Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:

...

> 3 - Now on to the subject of backing up a system. I am using rsync as
> my primary backup tool.  Celejar, thank you for suggesting borg.  I
> did install it and look at it briefly.  But for several reasons, I'm
> not sure I want to use that right now.
> 
> It is of course one more thing to learn, use, and maintain.
> 
> I get the sense that it stores data as a mass of chunks, rather than
> as individual files, so if something goes wrong it could really go
> wrong?  It is newer, and perhaps less proven than some older
> alternatives.

All true enough, but note that my impression at least is that it's not
some kind of small, hobby project, but a very sophisticated, highly
polished, widely used piece of software.

Celejar