Configure pruning for restic #41

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opened 2021-02-28 11:45:40 +01:00 by simon · 0 comments

simon commented

2021-02-28 11:45:40 +01:00

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Currently all snapshots are kept. I want to keep only some of the “normal” system backups.

Add tag system to backups
Regularily run restic forget --tag system --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 5 --keep-monthly 12 --keep-yearly 10 and prune
- How often should I run it? Every 60 days seems like a good compromise.
  - Not too often (rewriting files costs more than keeping old files since wasabi has a 90 day minimum storage policy)
  - Not too infrequently (keeping too much clutter costs more than deleting it)
- Where to run it? Since it is not that often, fuuko should be able to handle it.
  - vueko has constrained memory (restic takes 1.2 GiB while pruning)
  - all systems at home have slow upload (which is bad, since pruning blocks all backups)

Currently all snapshots are kept. I want to keep only some of the “normal” system backups. - [X] Add tag `system` to backups - [ ] Regularily run `restic forget --tag system --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 5 --keep-monthly 12 --keep-yearly 10` and prune - [X] How often should I run it? Every 60 days seems like a good compromise. - Not too often (rewriting files costs more than keeping old files since wasabi has a 90 day minimum storage policy) - Not too infrequently (keeping too much clutter costs more than deleting it) - [X] Where to run it? Since it is not that often, fuuko should be able to handle it. - vueko has constrained memory (restic takes 1.2 GiB while pruning) - all systems at home have slow upload (which is bad, since pruning blocks all backups)