Hey all,
If I'm using CloneZilla to make a backup of my hard drives, how much space will that take up? 1:1? Is there any compression? How much?
I've got over a TB between my SSDs and I'd prefer not to have to buy a 1.5TB USB stick for the backup. But I will if that's what it takes.
thanks.
Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups” https://arstechni.ca/mcVx #migswitch #migflash #Nintendo #switch2 #Gaming #backup #Switch #iracy
Addendum: Thanks everyone for their input so far!
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Stupid #Linux / #Unix question - honest answers please! 
Why not shove all configuration files in a git?
id_rsa and/or some other private keys / certificates...But like regular #SystemConfiguration files.
git but then again noone puts their Ansible public either.What did I miss with my train of thought, folks?
I've been migrating from Big/US Tech due to #privacy reasons for a while. I use #Proton since 2021, #Mastodon since 2022, etc.
One of the things I was reluctant to change was my off-site #backup solution: #Backblaze B2.
Reason? Price. It costs me ~$2.50/month to store ~500GB.
I already knew what to switch to: #Hetzner Box.
But it costs €3.87/month flat for 1TB. So I was waiting for my "stuff" (mostly photos) to grow enough to be worth it.
Today I decided to put my money where my mouth is!
Are there any plans for incremental #backups aka a more efficient #backup process for #Signal chats? I'm not too fond of writing a daily backup file of several gigabytes to my device storage and Signal occupying triple that amount of space for Signal to have these backups succeed. 
@signalapp @Mer__edith
Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟭 - 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀 to 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 article.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/failed-backup-server-build/#high-hopes
Poll: Best backup tool for a Fedora 42 laptop → S3 storage?
I’m running Fedora 42 on my laptop and need a reliable, easy-to-use backup solution that can push backups directly to an Amazon S3 (or S3-compatible) bucket. Which would you choose?
Oh wow, someone reporting losing a "year of Ableton projects" after running an AI-generated script.
"I didn’t realize what it was doing and ran it without backing anything up."
There's a few lessons to be learned here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/1kmnhfu/lost_a_year_of_ableton_projects_after_running_a/
Continuity of Operations - A Bit of Security for June 3, 2025
When should you back up your systems? What should you back up? Listen to this -
https://youtu.be/QYDkZahoAMk
Let me know what you think.
#cybersecuritytips #backup #restore #DR #businesscontinuity #disasterrecovery #BitofSec
zeitkapsl just got a slick new scrollbar for iOS v1.8.3 — fly through your memories and jump to any month & year in an instant.
Perfect for finding that one photo from summer ‘18. 
Big thank you to @voidstern for making our iOS app every week a bit better :)
Today is a good day to back up your photos, documents and other important files!
And if you're at all like me, you've spent a LOT of time tweaking the operating system to conform to your preferences. (I'm thinking mainly of Windows here, since Linux is more sensible for most default settings.)
If you have a spare drive at least as large as your system drive, considering cloning it periodically. Clonezilla is free and does the trick. #Backup
I see a lot of 'save and back up useful stuff' going around. Speaking from the perspective of a historian, save some of that '_everybody_ knows this' too. The latter falls through the cracks at a frightening rate.
Prävention mit KI: Dell PowerStore schützt Daten mit KI-Analyse vor Ransomware
Dell setzt bei seinem Storage-Portfolio auf präventive Sicherheitsanwendungen. Mit KI will der Konzern lokal verdächtige Muster erkennen und so Daten schützen.
And my external hard drive died ... Great years of Work and memories lost, do to a seemingly bug I can't locate, because the drive reacts but it sounds horrible and the PC doesn't recognizes anything...
Hopefully my USB sticks survive long enough til I can buy a new solid state this time... :/
1 TB of backups, works and or memories lost...
4 Month ago it just worked fine I guess the storage area got hotter as I expected or it's just its natural time to die after 13 years of service.
Remember to backup AS OFTEN and as MUCH as you can and not only on one medium.
It would be much better if #backup software could somehow recognize that it's looking at a #database and do whatever is needed to back it up properly, without needing to be told by the administrator.
Perhaps DBMSes should place a socket with a well-known name in their database directory that, when connected to, causes the DBMS to sync everything and then wait for the backup to finish? Then you can just back up the raw database files. SQLite would need special handling, though.
Weil es immer wieder sinnvoll ist, daran zu erinnen:
Sichert eure Fotos!
@daniel @Polychrome good question.
Maybe @monocles ' dev can anser that question
In theory you could just #backup your entire accounts and keys and #restore that backup on the new device...
@Sheril This is the new reason for demanding backups.
If you don't have backups, what will you do when Trump comes for you?
