Is My 1.3 TB tar.gz Backup Too Much?

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Asked By TechnoWizard99 On

I'm running a Linux home server and have a backup routine where I connect an external USB drive every other month to back up my important folders into a tar.gz file. Over the years, this tarball has grown to 1.3 TB and is taking about three days to create. I'm wondering if this is too large for a zipped tarball and if I should consider switching to an incremental backup solution. What do you all think?

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Answered By BackupGuru42 On

It’s great that you’re taking backups regularly! However, backing up only once every two months could result in losing a month’s worth of changes if something goes wrong. I’d recommend trying out rsnapshot, which uses hardlinks for files that haven’t changed, making recovery easier and more efficient. Plus, it keeps a nice history of your data.

OldSchoolTechie -

Is rsnapshot still being maintained though? I remember it having some issues in the past, but that might’ve been my setup.

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