On Sat, Nov 02, 2019, Konstantin Nebel wrote: > So now I am thinking. How should I approach backups. On windows it does > magically backups and remind me when they didnt run for a while. I like that > attitude. (...) > I like to turn off > my computer at night. So a backup running in night is not really an option > unless I do wake on lan and run backup and then turn off. (...)
Someone already recommended setting up a cron job for triggering backups on a regular schedule. That takes care of the automagic part. These days I use rsync with the --link-dest option to make complete Time-Machine(tm) style backups using hardlinks to avoid file duplication in the common case. In this scenario, the top-level directory is typically named based on date and time, e.g. back-2019.11.04-05:32:06. I usually make backups while the system is running, although I'm not sure it's considered kosher. It takes around 10% of CPU on my i5 system. > Whoever read till the end Im thankful and ready to hear your opinion. > Cheers > Konstantin -- Joel Roth
