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Offsite data backups at a friend's house - do I just need rsync or is there something superior?

This page summarizes and extends the software alternatives mentioned in the source post on Reddit.
2023-05-28

Rclone Kopia SFTPGo Restic
Backup File Sharing And Backup Cloud Storage
  1. Rclone Landing Page
    Rclone Landing Page
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    Rclone

    rsync for cloud storage.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Storage #Web Service Automation #File Sharing And Backup 616 social mentions

  2. Kopia Landing Page
    Kopia Landing Page
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    Kopia

    Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup Software for Windows, Mac, and Linux
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    IMO the easiest solution would be to run in friend's home a single executable file SFTPgo (that works on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD...) by exposing SFTP channel to friend's storage and on client (OP) side use kopia (that also works on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD...) that will do effective backup utilizing encryption, compression, content deduplication, maintain versioned incremental file's copies and upload over SFTP to a friend's computer(regardless if it NAS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD...). A little more complicated setup would be to use on a friend's side the same kopia but in server mode with activated append only mode, then it will be virus/ransomware resistant backup (unless a friend won't pick up a virus too on his side, where kopia-server working).

    #Backup & Restore #File Sharing And Backup #Cyber Security 26 social mentions

  3. SFTPGo Landing Page
    SFTPGo Landing Page
    3

    SFTPGo

    Fully featured and highly configurable SFTP server with optional HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV support - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    IMO the easiest solution would be to run in friend's home a single executable file SFTPgo (that works on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD...) by exposing SFTP channel to friend's storage and on client (OP) side use kopia (that also works on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD...) that will do effective backup utilizing encryption, compression, content deduplication, maintain versioned incremental file's copies and upload over SFTP to a friend's computer(regardless if it NAS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD...). A little more complicated setup would be to use on a friend's side the same kopia but in server mode with activated append only mode, then it will be virus/ransomware resistant backup (unless a friend won't pick up a virus too on his side, where kopia-server working).

    #FTP Client #File Transfer #SSH 21 social mentions

  4. Restic Landing Page
    Restic Landing Page
    4

    Restic

    Easy: Doing backups should be a frictionless process, otherwise you are tempted to skip it.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Backup #Backup Automation #Online Backup 183 social mentions

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