Best way to create system and files backups

[andreas85]

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[HowTo] make a crash-proof backup in Manjaro for your entire system

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@BlackBaroness

1. It is needed for backups of system files, not personal ones. It can be used for personal files, but I’m not sure if it’s correct.
2. It does not archive files, which is why snapshots weigh quite a lot. Why not use 7-zip’s aggressive compression so that it uses less space?
3. It cannot store files on a remote server. If we use a server, it would be good to use a separate FTP storage for backups.

1. You could create different btrfs-subvolumes which produce different scopes for snapshots
2. You could enable compression in btrfs. This is at least as efficient as 7zip
3. You could use btrfs-send together with ssh

Please have a look at Btrfs in the wiki

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