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Re:I Nearly Lost All of My Data by sreitshamer on Monday January 21, 2019 @06:03AM (#18959481)
What about Arq would make you switch from Borg? (And if you could email me at stefan @ arqbackup.com I'd love to follow up and learn more)
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Re:I Nearly Lost All of My Data by 8fingerlouie on Monday January 21, 2019 @07:44AM (#18959967)
My biggest reason is probably that i prefer to use the same (well known / proven) tools across the line.

I don't think Arq brings something to the table that Borg/Restic/Duplicity doesn't already provide, besides a piece of software i'm familiar with, and trust. (and trust doesn't come easy when it comes to backup software!)

As i wrote, i already use Arq on my client machines instead of the mess that is "TimeMachine over wifi", but when it came to backing up my NAS and server/VPS, i had to look for something else, as Arq is not available on those platforms.

My use case would be backing up with Arq from a FreeBSD/Linux NAS/Server to a remote (networked at least) target, and in case of a full restore, i would use the command line as well.

I would then use Arq for Mac/Windows for "plucking" single file restores.

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