![]() Only difference is the cost of Arq, which I’ll happily pay not to have to do all this myself.Īt the end of the day, if the Arq team released a Linux version of Arq that somehow worked as well on the server as it does on macOS, I’d consider moving to it from restic. I’d be backing up to the same backend, so cost would be similar. your preferred storage management tools and enjoy unparalleled flexibility in managing your data. I’d do a lot of work getting all the aforementioned features & behaviors working smoothly, and at the end of the day I’d have a DIY version of Arq that I trust less than Arq. That all said, I’ve been able to restore files on multiple occasions from that and other restic repositories. The restic devs were able to help me prune out bad backups and get the repo back into a healthy state, and I think they fixed a possible cause for this issue in the most recent version, but … still. Although there is a free plan and the first-tier Windows desktop backup premium plan (called Desktop PRO) costs just 49.99, you’ll have to go with the CloudBerry Backup Ultimate plan at 299.99. I have run into weird errors which imply that my restic repository has had some nonzero number of integrity issues. I’ve restored files with both restic and Arq it’s possible with restic but easier with Arq. The file restore experience is easier with the Arq GUI, especially with its drag and drop integration with Finder. Plus, I don’t even know how I’d run restic on Windows, though that’s a minor concern.Īrq has controls for limiting network bandwidth, CPU usage, and (new in Arq 7) disk IO and it sounds like Arq 7 has added some performance improvements that I wouldn’t get with restic.ĬPU and bandwidth limits can be achieved, of course, with standard Unix tools, just like email notifications, but again: I don’t want to rewrite Arq. And I know from experience I’d spend a nontrivial amount of time working through macOS permissions problems and other launchd weirdness. notification emails on errors, which Arq handles for me out of the box. To use restic, I’d have to wrap it in my own backup script and run it via launchd myself. So if there is a cloud account with some extra space available, use it for encrypted, versioned backups of your important files. Arq Backup integrates with many different cloud providers. But on the other hand, it might not be a bad idea to have two backups made with different software. On the one hand, I paid for Arq so I might as well use it. This is a lightly-edited version of my answer: Arq Backup protects whichever files you tell it to back up, automatically, every hour. I may consider changing my local backup from Windows 10 File History to Arq. (Yes, I know AWS and GCP now have cheap archival storage options but I’m not migrating terabytes of backup data.)ĭuring a discussion about Arq 7, Andrew asked why I don’t just use restic for my Mac backups as well. I use the open-source backup software restic to backup my Linux machines, also to Wasabi. I use it to backup all my Macs and Windows computers to the cloud storage provider Wasabi, which is inexpensive relative to eg. I recently finished upgrading all my Macs to the long-awaited version 7 release of my preferred backup software, Arq. Why I use Arq instead of restic for macOS backups February 22, 2021
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