I’ve been playing around with the self hosted apps for quite a while and I got to the point where I’m happy about my local setup. Next step is to setup reliable offsite backup. I’m using borgbackup as a tool to manage my backups (so far only local backups). I’ve been looking for an affordable yet reliable service to store my backups. Is rsync.net worth it? According to the “internet” it’s a good service but wanted to double check. What do you think about it?

  • @redcalciumEnglish
    4•3 months ago

    Note that rsync.net includes free 7 days daily snapshot. Also, the main advantage over backblaze b2 for me is you can just sync a whole folder full of small files instead of compressing them into an archive first prior to uploading to a b2 bucket. This means you can access individual files later without the need to download the whole archive.

    I still use b2 to store long term backup archives though.

    • TyweleEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      Hetzner also supports snapshots and you can upload files uncompressed.

      • @redcalciumEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        I haven’t actually tried it though so I’m not sure how it compares with rsync.net. How easy it is to access snapshots on hetzner? On rsync.net, snapshots are stored under .zfs folder so it’s very easy to access.

        • @Mora@pawb.socialEnglish
          2•3 months ago

          You turn the visibility in the web interface on and then you can browse them as well.

        • TyweleEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          I don’t know from the top of my head and I can’t check right now.