I like that this a list of applications you actually used, not just some listing of linux backup software that you just quickly checked out for this video.
These are all great for quick and easy backups. I tend to use RClone to make my offsite backups. It's a pretty powerful utility, and runs on basically any OS you can think of.
rclone is more akin to rsync than an actual backup utility. It will let you make files sync but, say, if a file is incorrectly overwritten in the source for whatever reason, it will be also overwritten in the destination when rclone do its thing. Tools like borg and restic provide file versioning, which protects you from that scenario.
Don, also be sure to check out Back in Time (has both Qt and GTK front-ends) and the KDE built-in backup tool that can be found in the System Settings based on bup that takes a very git-like approach for its file versioning.
Both borg and restic descend from the same codebase and offer pretty much the same backup features. The only major difference between the two is that restic is very flexible as to what will be used as backend for the backup itself, supporting many popular cloud storage services. That said, borg seems to be the most stable between the two; you can find some awful horror stories online with people losing data to restic although, to be honest, it has been very stable for me so far.
@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 I've personally never had an issue with restic. Although, it would be nice to have a GUI to manage the snapshots. Yes I know I can mount them but still.
@@Darkk6969 That's my biggest peeve with restic: the lack of decent GUI front-ends such as Pika Backup and Vorta. Even duplicity has decent options for GUI. While restic itself is not hard to drive from the CLI, it may be hard just enough to discourage newbies from using it which is a shame.
Vorta has an option to run a missed backup at startup which I think is essential. Otherwise, if your computer happens to be turned off when the scheduled backup is supposed to run, it won't run until the next scheduled time.
Nice video :). After a long journey, I decided to perform root backups of my Linux systems (backup everything on system level). Everything is set up as VMs on an ESXi system, and then I execute incremental scheduled backups via Veeam, which also runs as a VM and backs up itself.
New to Linux. What's the right way to backup a system with a fully restorable boot drive? I'm used to using Backblaze for files, and Macrium Reflect, or Paragon for my Windows boot disk. I see that Pika will be great for important individual files, but it doesn't do full boot disks, right?
I'm using Pika on Pop! OS and Vorta on Linux Mint. Due to a flatpak incompatibility, Pika does not work (out of the box) with LM. Vorta does. And, since they produce compatible results... Thanks for your good summary.
@NovaspiritTech @6:23 you talk about "KBackup" and then say "it's more of a glorified copy and paste". Well there is a Windows app that has been around for many years (that I use and love) called "Karens Backup" that is also a "glorified copy and paste" (which is THE reason why I love it). This "KBackup" does NOT do the same thing as "Karens Backup (which is why i love it) because instead of creating a huge compressed file (that could be corrupted causing a huge amount of headaches), Karens Backup copies the files and folder structure as is. So no compression, no zip files, no encryption, and therefore far less to go wrong if you need to recover, BUT this has obvious drawbacks and it always overwrites existing files so you cant go back a couple of file versions. An excellent tool IMHO, and seemingly nothing like KBackup.
I installed Pika, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to import a backup in order to restore it. If I make a copy of the backup folder, I cannot find a way to import it (in the event of a system failure). Am I missing something?
I use timeshift And i backup system files i have a script that does a backup applies latest updates and reboots the PC because i like to update my system manuall whenever i want to reboot it
Timeshift does filesystem snapshots which is not exactly the same thing as a backup per se. Yes, there are situations where snapshots are handy to recover data quickly but it is important to keep that distinction in mind. Plus if you are saving snapshots in the same storage medium as the original data, you might as well pretend you don't have any backup at all.
@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 snapshots only works with btfrs disks. Most installs I've run across lately are using ext4. btfrs are very efficient with snapshots.
@@KeithWeston Timeshift is actually very space-efficient when using btrfs but if you are using with an ext4 filesystem then your only resort is rsync and welp... rsync-based snapshots eat storage space like there is no tomorrow, indeed.
You should make a video on Proxmox Backup Server again, but on the client side (Proxmox Backup Client Daemon). It is one of the most efficient, fast, sleek system i have ever seen for backing up your linux hosts
You are not wrong. Pika Backup is a front-end for borg. Being a GNOME app, it takes a simpler approach from an UI perspective but it is just as capable as Vorta (which is another borg front-end and happens to be my favorite).
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I like that this a list of applications you actually used, not just some listing of linux backup software that you just quickly checked out for this video.
These are all great for quick and easy backups. I tend to use RClone to make my offsite backups. It's a pretty powerful utility, and runs on basically any OS you can think of.
rclone is more akin to rsync than an actual backup utility. It will let you make files sync but, say, if a file is incorrectly overwritten in the source for whatever reason, it will be also overwritten in the destination when rclone do its thing. Tools like borg and restic provide file versioning, which protects you from that scenario.
Don, also be sure to check out Back in Time (has both Qt and GTK front-ends) and the KDE built-in backup tool that can be found in the System Settings based on bup that takes a very git-like approach for its file versioning.
btw, "restic" is good for incremental and encrypted backup
Restic is almost overkill for smaller homelabs, but, yeah, it's a good product.
Both borg and restic descend from the same codebase and offer pretty much the same backup features. The only major difference between the two is that restic is very flexible as to what will be used as backend for the backup itself, supporting many popular cloud storage services. That said, borg seems to be the most stable between the two; you can find some awful horror stories online with people losing data to restic although, to be honest, it has been very stable for me so far.
@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 I've personally never had an issue with restic. Although, it would be nice to have a GUI to manage the snapshots. Yes I know I can mount them but still.
@@Darkk6969 That's my biggest peeve with restic: the lack of decent GUI front-ends such as Pika Backup and Vorta. Even duplicity has decent options for GUI. While restic itself is not hard to drive from the CLI, it may be hard just enough to discourage newbies from using it which is a shame.
Vorta has an option to run a missed backup at startup which I think is essential. Otherwise, if your computer happens to be turned off when the scheduled backup is supposed to run, it won't run until the next scheduled time.
It's a good idea to have at least two backups of your critical data.
Pika Pika!😀
That's cute.
thanks, this is what I need. I've been doing it manually for awhile now since I started 3d printing. don't want to lose all those drawings.
I recommend time shift
Nice video :). After a long journey, I decided to perform root backups of my Linux systems (backup everything on system level). Everything is set up as VMs on an ESXi system, and then I execute incremental scheduled backups via Veeam, which also runs as a VM and backs up itself.
New to Linux. What's the right way to backup a system with a fully restorable boot drive? I'm used to using Backblaze for files, and Macrium Reflect, or Paragon for my Windows boot disk. I see that Pika will be great for important individual files, but it doesn't do full boot disks, right?
Will take a look at Pika. Keep in mind that if you have Proxmox Backup Server running, that can be a good option, too.
Well explained, no fluff. Thanks.
Have you tried to do some benchmarks ? I tried and Kopia seems to be the best in different scenarios
I'm using Pika on Pop! OS and Vorta on Linux Mint. Due to a flatpak incompatibility, Pika does not work (out of the box) with LM. Vorta does. And, since they produce compatible results... Thanks for your good summary.
thanks!! pika doesn't work properly on mint due to outdated xdg desktop dependency. I will try vorta for now
@NovaspiritTech @6:23 you talk about "KBackup" and then say "it's more of a glorified copy and paste". Well there is a Windows app that has been around for many years (that I use and love) called "Karens Backup" that is also a "glorified copy and paste" (which is THE reason why I love it). This "KBackup" does NOT do the same thing as "Karens Backup (which is why i love it) because instead of creating a huge compressed file (that could be corrupted causing a huge amount of headaches), Karens Backup copies the files and folder structure as is. So no compression, no zip files, no encryption, and therefore far less to go wrong if you need to recover, BUT this has obvious drawbacks and it always overwrites existing files so you cant go back a couple of file versions. An excellent tool IMHO, and seemingly nothing like KBackup.
Can Pika do a full PC backup of different computers? What would you recommend to do full backup of PC to a NAS
I installed Pika, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to import a backup in order to restore it.
If I make a copy of the backup folder, I cannot find a way to import it (in the event of a system failure). Am I missing something?
There is also a Déjà Dup that uses duplicity as a backend
This one and Vorta are the best I have tried. This one is a bit friendlier althoug Vorta is nerdier
rear backup is awesome.
I like KBackup because it is just like a copy and paste. Simple and effective. I use that with time shift daily.
Thanks.
A note: FreeFileSync is not free for *commercial* use.
I use timeshift
And i backup system files i have a script that does a backup applies latest updates and reboots the PC because i like to update my system manuall whenever i want to reboot it
I used to use TimeShift, but since it does not dedup, boy, does it take up precious hard disk space.
Timeshift does filesystem snapshots which is not exactly the same thing as a backup per se. Yes, there are situations where snapshots are handy to recover data quickly but it is important to keep that distinction in mind. Plus if you are saving snapshots in the same storage medium as the original data, you might as well pretend you don't have any backup at all.
@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 snapshots only works with btfrs disks. Most installs I've run across lately are using ext4. btfrs are very efficient with snapshots.
@@KeithWeston Timeshift is actually very space-efficient when using btrfs but if you are using with an ext4 filesystem then your only resort is rsync and welp... rsync-based snapshots eat storage space like there is no tomorrow, indeed.
The question I have are how many use rsync as a dependency.
You should make a video on Proxmox Backup Server again, but on the client side (Proxmox Backup Client Daemon).
It is one of the most efficient, fast, sleek system i have ever seen for backing up your linux hosts
You can even backup windows with WSL
Thank you!!!
Pika Backup works very well for me
Thanks Don.
MX Linux Snapshot makes a bootable/installable clone copy with just a few clicks.
thank you :-)
Pika Backup looks like a Frontend for BorgBackup
Backup Folder Structure looks very same
You are not wrong. Pika Backup is a front-end for borg. Being a GNOME app, it takes a simpler approach from an UI perspective but it is just as capable as Vorta (which is another borg front-end and happens to be my favorite).
You don't what to know what pika means in PTBR😂