Is there anything I can selfhost that would allow me to backup my Mac-Air via time machine? I would be using a vps to host the backup. Thanks!

  • vivekkhera@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    FreeNAS can do it (either via AFS or SMB). Or you can just set up a Samba server with the right magic incantations and use that network share to do Time Machine. I use FreeNAS since I already have it on my network. I gave each Mac its own ZFS volume so I can limit the size independently.

  • AffairesDePiasses@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Why not just use rsync? With my experience, I’d rather go with that than any solution based on time machine, especially over Wan, as it is quite unreliable if the connection isn’t perfect.

    Otherwise, as long as you can mount the share as smb, you should be able to use it for time machine, so anything like freenas, truenas, unraid, open media vault should do the trick.

    • linuxmel@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Thanks for the fantastic options I never thought about. I just don’t trust the USB external drive. I’ve had nothing but bad luck with it. Thanks again!

      • adamshand@alien.topBEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Rsync is great, but unless you are using a system on top of rsync (eg. rsync-backup) it only gives you a single copy which isn’t the best option for backups.

        For example, you accidentally change a file but by the time you notice the version you want has been overwritten.

  • matt827474@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I use TrueNAS with a SMB share that also has Cloud Sync to Backblaze B2 for offsite backup.

  • ezkrg@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    netatalk, which is an open-source implementation of afp. it has better performance with time machine than smb.