Backup solution where you can restore an individual file? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nightmareFluffy · 2023-11-29 14:08 I'm currently using an incremental backup system for my business that copies files over at different intervals. The backups are daily, weekly, even month, odd month, etc, in different folders. It's using Goodsync, which is actually a file sync software, but it allows scheduled syncs. It doesn't create a disk image or something. The advantage is that I have access to old files without restoring a gigantic image. The clear disadvantage is that it takes a booty-ton of space because each backup interval duplicates the files. Is there an easy-to-use backup solution that does incremental backups but I can comb through the directories and restore an individual file? It has to be easy to use (i.e. Windows with a GUI) because employees have to be able to use it, and they don't know jack about Linux. I'm not planning on hiring an IT person to sort this out. For better or worse, I do all the IT stuff for my small business. Gives me full control and knowledge about how things work. I Docker-ified a lot of stuff, which helps tremendously, but I don't think backups is something that should be done in Linux or Docker for my particular needs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NekoLuka · 2023-11-29 14:33 Maybe look into git, so that you can version files instead of backing them up... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HeadCrushedInDoor · 2023-11-29 16:29 Rsnapshot with Linux and share it through smb to Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sk1nT7 · 2023-11-29 16:35 Duplicati ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nightmareFluffy · 2023-11-29 16:35 Will check if it allows retrieval of single files. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nightmareFluffy · 2023-11-29 16:36 Will check both of them out. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HeadCrushedInDoor · 2023-11-29 16:42 There is no GUI for rsnapshot but it is incredibly easy and it just copies files from one location to another one. You can navigate through files with Windows Explorer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DecideUK · 2023-11-29 17:24 Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows FREE? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sk1nT7 · 2023-11-29 17:31 It does. You can traverse each backup individually and list as well as recover individual files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Still-Snow-3743 · 2023-11-29 17:50 I use restic on Linux, but duplicati seems like the new hotness and it's cross platform ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reasonable_Island943 · 2023-11-30 05:13 Borgbackup ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nightmareFluffy · 2023-12-16 02:37 I ended up trying this out and it's way better than what I was using before. Thanks for the tip! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nightmareFluffy · 2023-12-16 02:38 I ended up using Duplicati and it's really easy to use, and does exactly what I need it to. Also takes less space than what I was using before (compression, I guess). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nightmareFluffy · 2023-12-16 02:38 I ended up using Duplicati, which is pretty great.