Problems

Clearly, none.

Ok, perhaps there are some issues with rdiff-backup.

Cons

1. Major versions tend to be incompatible.
2. No built-in storage encryption, the if the target storage is encrypted, it can be used.
3. File metadata is tracked with each version.
4. Old versions of the tool didn't support sparse files (i.e. it expanded them)
5. No GUI, but a file manager can be used to restore. If ssh is installed, then sftp, rsync, scp can be used to restore too.
6. Backup versions cannot be removed between other backup versions.

Pros

Major reasons why rdiff-backup was selected:

1. Restores from local or remote are easy.
2. Most recent backup appears as an rsync mirror.
3. rdiff-backup is faster than rsync, after the first backup (2 .... 9999)
4. No need to run periodic Full Backups like some other tools

Backups usually need the source, a local backup and a remote backup. Use rdiff-backup to make the local backup, then use rsync to remotely clone it.

2023-Backup-How-To

Last Update: 2023-02-09