How should I do backups? (sh.itjust.works)

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I have a server running Debian with 24 TB of storage. I would ideally like to back up all of it, though much of it is torrents, so only the ones with low seeders really need backed up. I know about the 321 rule but it sounds like it would be expensive. What do you do for backups? Also if anyone uses tape drives for backups I am kinda curious about that potentially for offsite backups in a safe deposit box or something.

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Edit: You have mentioned borg and rsync, and while borg looks good, I want to go with rsync as it seems to be more actively maintained. I would like to also have my backups encrypted, but rsync doesn't seem to have that built in. Does anyone know what to do for encrypted backups?

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[-] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 36 points 3 months ago

Well, I'm just starting with serious backups, AFAIK you only need to backup the data which you can't replicate.

Low seeded torrents are just hard to get, but not impossible. Personal photos, your notes, any other files generated by you are the ones which need backups.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago

Ideally you want to backup everything that you didn't explicitly exclude since otherwise there is always something you forgot.

[-] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 8 points 3 months ago

Well, I have my personal data in a specific folder, everything there is backed up.
General media is in another one, which isn't included.

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