Several strategies can be used:
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Set up a repository for each folder and run a backup job for each of them, as you described;
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Configure a unique repository in the “root” folder (/mnt/user/ in your case) and select subfolders to be backed up with filters and include patterns;
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Use symbolic links, as suggested by @TheBestPessimist;
To choose the best strategy must be considered aspects such as:
- number and size of files and folders;
- need (or not) of different backup configurations (size of chunks fixed or variable, same or diferentt storages, etc.);
- need (or not) of different schedules;
- Frequency of source files updating.
I particularly use the first option because it allows me a more granular control over what will be backed up and when it will be backed up. But that depends on each use case.
Take a look at the -repository
option at the end of this page: