I have what I think is a simpler solution. My GC data file resides on my Synology NAS, in a directory that is mounted in the Linux file system. I then use Synology Hyper Backup to back up all of the user files every night to one of two alternating USB drives, the other of which is always stored outside of my apartment. Hyper Backup allows me to retrieve earlier versions with decreasing granularity: recent versions daily, older versions weekly and even older versions monthly. Of course, this kind of backup could also be done with rsync or with MEGA backup, but I found it easier to set up with Synology Hyper Backup. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:23:06 +1000 > From: Alan Hopkins <hopp...@gmail.com> > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Backup Solution - Linux Desktop to Synology NAS > Message-ID: <458802e6-3a48-4626-959f-248d3b264...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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. > Cheers > Hop > > On 27/9/24 12:59, Dennis West wrote: > > Hopefully this info will help someone that has been struggling with > this issue... > I recently abandoned Windows (after 40 years) and moved to Linux as > my "Daily Driver". I had used Synology's Active Backup for Business > to backup my desktop PC's to my Synology NAS and was happy as a > lark. Trying to install the desktop client for that program on a > Linux PC was problematic at best. I finally gave up. > After using other solutions for several weeks I stumbled on the fact > that Synology had another program called Synology Drive that you > could download from their website. Lo and behold the desktop client > came in a Linux version that downloaded and installed simply & > flawlessly. The client provides all the bells & whistles including > scheduled automatic backup to your NAS. Obviously you could continue > to use Hyper Backup to backup your NAS to the cloud and complete the > 3-2-1 backup strategy that I had been using. > If everyone else here already knew all this, I'm sorry to have > wasted your time. > One Happy Camper > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [1]gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > [2]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. > > References > > 1. mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 2. https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:35:26 +0100 > From: Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Backup Solution - Linux Desktop to Synology NAS > Message-ID: <ZvZSLvR12WikqeI7@q957> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> 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 >
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