#borgbackup: today it is 10 years since 1.0.0 release!
Endlich mal #Borgbackup für meine #linux Kisten eingerichtet. Wenn man von #duplicity kommt, muss man paar mal um die Ecke denken, aber dann läuft das echt sehr geschmeidig.
Cool: Es kann btrfs Snapshots verwenden. Nicht Cool: dann geht Caching nicht mehr und das Backup dauert hier Faktor ~500 länger. Aber borg2 soll das ja lösen.
I currently do backups by stopping the service, running #borgBackup, then restarting the service. This has several downsides:
- services are down for the runtime of borg, which can be considerable (minutes to hours) depending on the data volume and backup target.
- due to this slowness I haven't dared to back up to remotes over the network (which I absolutely should!), only to local disks.
- borg (v1) not providing a way (and even discouraging) to transfer repos (when done) doesn't help.
22 hours behind on my Mastodon feed.
Because I spent three hours last night, watching the BorgBackup progress slowly tick-up as it rechecked hashes for my new OMV-on-Proxmox to PBS backup path.
Yes, I know it's PBS. Fight me, I wanna browse files in my backups.
I recently started to use Borg to safely backup my valuable data. I find it powerful and convenient but there's a couple of things I don't really like.
For example, when storing your backup remotely over ssh, why does Borg need to be installed on the remote server as well?
Having to care both about a passphrase and a repo key is probably very secure, but may complicate recovery in the event of a disaster. Proper planning should mitigate though.
Vacation project started: migrating my Nextcloud AIO from an aging Synology NAS, where the outdated software is becoming more and more of an issue, to a refurbished ThinkCentre.
This is probably the most exciting moment: will the restore finish successfully from my remote Borg backup? Not that I have any doubts, but staring at a screen, knowing it will take some time, is still somehow thrilling. 🤞
#borgbackup 2.0.0b20 was just released!
There is quite some new stuff and also some fixes, please help with testing the betas!
https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b20
#backup #linux #bsd #macOS #openindiana #haiku #python #cython #borg
What's the word on the street about the security of encrypted Borg backups (https://www.borgbackup.org/)? Any known design or implementation flaws?
BorgBackup 1.4.3 was just released!
This is primarily a bugfix release, the Linux and FreeBSD binaries built on Github now have working FUSE support (borg mount).
Our CI testing now includes *BSD and Haiku OS!
💾 From Duplicity to Borg — a backup journey
After more than a decade with Duplicity, I finally switched to BorgBackup — and wow, that difference.
📂 Source data: 719 GB in my /home
📦 Packed size: 419 GB
📉 Actual storage: 390 GB after compression
That’s more than a 45% reduction, and the upload to remote storage is much faster now.
For someone who handles geospatial and scientific data daily, this is huge.
It’s not just about saving space — it’s about making the workflow lighter, faster, and more sustainable.
🧠 Curious — what backup tools do you trust most?
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