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What do folks like for Linux offsite backup providers?
I have a Linux desktop with 1-2 TB of data that I want backed up on someone else's servers. I'm currently using Crashplan but my primary use case is data corruption which leads to lost files, and crashplan won't show me a list of recently deleted files that I need to restore. (also they're more business than individual focused now)
Willing to pay, looking for recommendations.
@hwesta I use Borg (via borgmatic on a server, and either Vorta or Pika on desktop). When I last had the issue of "did some files get deleted?" I ran a new backup then compared it to the previous using Vorta's UI for this Borg feature. Don't know if you can compare the last backup to the current on-disk state.
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I store the backups on rsync.net. They have discounts for Borg users: https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html. It's a very spartan service: all you get is an ssh connection to a server, but no shell, just access to a restricted set of commands; and a minimal web interface to manage your quota.
BorgBase https://www.borgbase.com/ provides a less spartan web interface & slightly different pricing structure.
@hwesta The answer is in this FAQ https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#how-can-i-compare-contents-of-an-archive-to-my-local-filesystem
borg export-tar /path/to/repo::archive-name - | tar --compare -f - -C /path/to/compare/to
A bit obscure and involves actually downloading the backup. Not ideal. I found "make a new snapshot then diff on server" to be OK.