On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 11:09 PM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote at about 14:46:52 +0800 on Wednesday, June 1, > 2022: > > Hello, > > > > I have been using BackupPC for a long time, and even implement it > > successfully for several clients. > > > > Recently I came across several articles about the 3-2-1 backup > > strategy and tried to rethink my previous implementation and how to > > achieve it with BackupPC > > > > For anyone who is not familiar with the 3-2-1 backup strategy, the > > idea is you should have 3 copies of backups, 2 copies locally on > > different media or servers, and 1 copy remotely on cloud or remote > > server > > > > I have previously implemented BackupPC + NAS, where I create a Bash > > script to copy the backup data into NAS. That should fulfil the 2 > > local backup requirements, and I could extend it further by having > > another Bash script copying from the NAS to cloud storage (eg. S3 > > bucket) > > > > My concern right now is the experience is not seamless for the user, > > and they have no indicator/report about the status of the backup > > inside the NAS and also in the S3 bucket. > > > > Restoring from NAS and S3 is also manual and is not simple for the user. > > > > Anyone has come across a similar implementation for the 3-2-1 backup > > strategy using BackupPC? > > > Sounds interesting... > > Is there any plan from the developers to expand BackupPC to cover this > strategy? > > I don't think this is on the roadmap... > But it is open source and easily extendable given that the code is > mostly perl. > Feel free to add this! > I'm not well versed in Perl, but I can try to create a POC in Python, trying to get the spirit of BackupPC as much as possible
-- Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
