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Re:Duplicati: Free backup software to store encrypted backup... by patentatt on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:11AM (#33450405)
Have you tested restores? The problem I had with duplicati was that eventually restoring from a backup would take exponentially longer, to the point of never finishing. Maybe it would have eventually, but I can't wait multiple days to restore one file. There's a possibility it was an error or problem on my end, and this was a couple of years ago, so ymmv.
Re:Duplicati: Free backup software to store encrypted backup... by Phelinofist on Thursday November 03, 2022 @10:15AM (#33451347)
Yes, we did test that and it worked reasonable fast (backup to external USB SSD)
Re:Duplicati: Free backup software to store encrypted backup... by bkuhns on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:04AM (#33452108)
I'm a new user of Duplicati and so far so good, but what you describe sounds like their biggest issue with the original storage mechanism (full+huge chain of incremental backups). The new mechanism would likely completely fix your concern. Here's a brief description of how it now works on their website: https://www.duplicati.com/articles/Storage-Engine/
Re:Duplicati: Free backup software to store encrypted backup... by rekabis on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:59PM (#33475208)
The one full-backup restore I did on my wife’s system - after her MacBook Air decided to fry its storage (it was obsolete anyhow) - went perfectly. 23Gb of personal files (she’s not the data pack rat I am) came streaming back down inside of 20 hrs. And we were on a much slower connection at the time, certainly not the symmetrical gigabit that we have now.