So here’s the problem that I have, I have several generations of back ups, which are currently taking over huge amounts of space on my NAS server. I want to be able to go through and process all of the files that are on it while the duplicating, and possibly going through and tagging any files that I find that are helpful. Is anyone aware of a good tool to help accomplish this task. Again because of the nature of the backups, I don’t want to utilize any software I’m not running locally.

Thanks in advance.

  • witten@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Borg Backup would also fit the bill for backups going forward, especially if OP is still backing up to a local server (as opposed to cloud object storage).

    • paradox2011@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I haven’t tried Borg, but have noticed it mentioned pretty often in data hoarder forums. What do you like about it?

      • witten@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        It deduplicates aggressively at the block level. So if your files don’t change much, each additional backup takes very little space. And if a file changes a little, Borg only backs up what’s changed instead of the whole file again.

        Borg also has a rich ecosystem of wrappers and tools (borgmatic, Vorta, etc.) that extend its functionality and make it easier to use.

        • paradox2011@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Interesting, sounds like it’s worth checking out. Plus as a star trek fan, I approve of the name 😄