Mark Felder
blog.feld.me · Personal blog · on HN since 2015
Mark Felder, a systems administrator, writes about FreeBSD, self-hosting, DNS, open source, and assorted tech annoyances.
What HN saysHN links it rarely in the comments given; one commenter points to his FreeBSD backup guide using Tarsnap and acts.
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
feld · 2015-08-14
install sysutils/acts to make it dead simple
Just start with this and you'll have backups in less than 5 mins
http://blog.feld.me/posts/2015/05/braindead-freebsd-backups-with-tarsn…