Backup to new destination when first is full

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#1

Hi all,

Is there an option to backup data to multiple destinations, but only jump to the next once the first is full?

Imagine this:

  • 1.5 TB of data
  • two destinations (A and B) of 1TB each
  • once destination A is full, backup the leftover 0.5 TB to destination B
  • the data on the destinations is therefore not the same

I want to do this because my backup storage provider has a plan for either 1TB or 5TB, and 5TB is a lot more expensive than getting two 1TB plans.

Thanks in advance!
Best,
Benedikt

#2

Not supported.

But if you really want to make it work – you can serve duplicacy with combined storage using rclone serve on a remote created by rclone combine or rclone union with appropriate quotas and policies set.

As you can imagine, this won’t add reliability for your backup solution. My personal advice therefore will be not to bother, and don’t use storages where you pay for allocation regardless of actual usage: there is no way not to overpay, because you never use exactly the allocation amount. Instead, consider using Storj, or Backblaze, or Wasabi, where you pay reasonable rate for what you use, on a sub - GB/month granulariry. AKA keep it simple.

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