On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 01:23:06PM +1000, Alan Hopkins wrote: > Hi Dennis > This is after the fact, but I use a program call SyncThing - it syncs > my PC's (2 laptops, 1 desktop) which all run Linux and as well, there > is third party SyncThing app for my Synology NAS. Syncing is not > really the same as backing-up but, as I have effectively have the same > files on different drives, I feel happier about it but backup > nevertheless. The beauty of it is that I can log on to any PC and have > the same info (assuming they have all been on the LAN together). > I don't, but I know people also use it with their phones.
As you say syncthing isn't really a backup program. It protects you against hardware failure as you have other copies of your files but it doesn't protect you against your own mistakes. If you delete something by mistake or mess up some GnuCash updates then those errors will be duplicated on the other systems which are synchronised. I use syncthing to keep things in step on my desktop and laptop machines, it means that I can use GnuCash on either machine and everything I do is copied to the other machine automatically so I can pick up where I left off on either machine. (Just don't run GnuCash on bath machines as the same time!). For backup I use rsync with some simple home made code that automates the process and gives me incremental backups of all important files. I do hourly incremental backups on my dekstop machine (to a separate internal drive) and daily incremental backups to an off-site machine. The daily backups get 'thinned out' as they get older so there are weekly backups for a while, monthly for the last year and then yearly 'for ever'. It's surprising how useful these backups are for recovering from one's own silly mistakes. Using rsync for the incremental backups means that only changed files occupy more space so it's not a very space consuming system. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
