RAID 1 looks nice indeed. I have never used RAID though.
You may have quit Déjà Dup because its automatic backup is buggy. When I
plug the external hard drive, Déjà Dup almost always notifies of a problem.
But, then, firing the backup from Déjà Dup's has always perfectly worked
for me.
I definitely have. Ok, ill take another look at Dejadup again to see if it can
compress everything as youve stated. It could very well be that I switched to
backintime for another reason in the past, but I can't recall. Thanks for the
assistance.
By default, Déjà Dup does "smart delete" if, by that, you mean removing the
oldest backups if space is missing. At least, that is what is written in its
"help" (I do not think I have ever reached the capacity of my backup disks).
We are not talking about the same thing. I thought you were talking about
end-user multimedia files (jpeg, png, mp3, vorbis, mp4, webm, etc.): those
are formats that are compressed with algorithms that take into account the
specifics of the medium, thereby reaching better compression ratios
Thats definitely not true. Especially for source files -- I know this from
experience.
I will look into another program that compresses files as it backs them up. The
default program in Trisquel is too simple for what I need.
The Backup utility in Trisquel compresses, by default. But you are talking
about video, audio and pictures: such files are typically already in
compressed formats: there is basically no more space you can save.
... thinking on this, Perhaps what I need is a backup solition that compresses
the data as it backs up. Right now, it all uncompressed.
Well, you can acquire an additional larger disk.
Right now, I use BackInTime with an external RAID1. Its too little space.
An external hard drive you store away from the computer (so that they do not
get robbed together, they do not burn in a fire in the same room, etc.) is
probably the easiest option. Better (but slower): backup on a remote
computer, through the network. You can use the "Backup" utility that
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