Matthias Nagel said on Sat, 25 Nov 2023 11:51:09 +0000 >I would like to avoid making a local deep copy first. This essentially >doubles the required storage on the local disk and it also wears down >the disk much faster as I will write gigabytes of data onto the disk >every 24 hours. > >I would prefer an option which allows the backup program (Borg backup >in my case) to only read the local data and send it to the remote >backup space directly.
Is the remote vendor going to take the same care in preserving your data as you would? You could buy two 2TB spinning rust external hard drives for seventy bucks each, so if one gets borked you have the other. If you desire offsite, keep one in a bank safe deposit box high off the ground to prevent water damage. https://www.newegg.com/model-wdbyvg0020bbk-wesn-2tb/p/N82E16822234389?Item=N82E16822234389 So your system disk doesn't get written at all, and doesn't get filled up with backups. If every 24 hours you add "gigabytes of data", it should take many, many days to fill up a 2TB spinning rust drive. Once you have your own copy, there's nothing preventing you from duplicating it on the remote server, as long as your data is encrypted. Now if your vendor does what so many vendors do, and screws up, you're still the master of your own data. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
