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What is your preferred method for backing up several TB of data? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by jkrtn@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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What storage software could I run to have an archive of my personal files (a couple TB of photos) that doesn't require I keep a full local copy of all the data? I like the idea of a simple and focused tool like Syncthing, but they seem to be angling towards replication.

Is the simple choice to run some S3-like backend and use CLI or other client to append and browse files? I'd love something with fault tolerance that someone can gradually add disks to. If ceph were either less complicated or used less resources I'd want to do that.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Borg Backup to a Hetzner storage box but doing the same thing to a disk array would work fine. How much data are you talking about? What is the usage picture? Backup and archiving are really not the same thing.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was looking at Borg but that's one of the tools where it seems like I need the entire replicated copy of the dataset locally to add more. I believe Borg can open a view into previous versions of the data, so it's technically append only, but I'd find that process tedious.

These are a couple TB and mostly photos I've taken. I'd like to be able to browse and edit at some point, but my primary concern right now is keeping a copy of everything.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah that's more of an archive than a backup scenario. I have a small self hosted Nextcloud that I use for stuff like that. For a few TB, you might consider Hetzner Storage Cloud which is really Nextcloud. It is backed up daily which is a help.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How was it setting up and running Nextcloud? I'm very curious about their office software, looks fun.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

As I remember, setting it up was kind of a pain, but once runnnig it hasn't neded attention. I don't use the fancy apps. Also, by now there might be an apt package or docker container or something of that sort. I haven't used their fancy apps much. My main use of it is to upload photos from my phone so I can access them from other devices.