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|    The Natural Philosopher to Deloptes    |
|    Re: NAS Backup solution?    |
|    23 Jun 25 08:45:36    |
      From: tnp@invalid.invalid              On 23/06/2025 07:15, Deloptes wrote:       > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:       >       >> rsync has this nifty option called “--link-dest”, which lets you create       >> incremental backups that look like full backups for restoration purposes,       >> but with files that were unchanged since the last backup deduped to reduce       >> disk space.       >       > rsync is good tool, but it is not a backup tool, while Borg Backup is a       > perfect backup tool.       > the mentioned functionality is meant to reduce traffic and save time more       > than reduce disk space.       > And I do not know how a restore would look like with rsync. With borg it is       > a one liner.       > I leave the decision with the OP              Rsync is an excellent backup tool. Not the least because it contains an       exact copy of the source.              Restore is simply a question of using it in reverse.                     --       Climate Change: Socialism wearing a lab coat.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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