Hexos needs a first party application backup and restore system

[NAS]

The whole purpose of a NAS to keep data secure and resilient to data loss. Currently there is no way to backup and restore applications. Application Backups/Restore should be plug-and-play.

Thoughts:

• First party implementation
• Simple
• Application independent
• Backup and restore applications
  • Granular restore/backup individual applications
  • Restore applications even on a new Hexos system from backup
• End-user should be able to browse application data through a file explore

Breakaway from ZFS mindset like snapshots (abstracted away behind an advanced menu) and give users a simple traditional backup and restore option.

Edited November 30, 2024 by NAS

[kobypierce]

+1 Bump (Agreed, may be a big ask but something with something like Realtime CDP (Continuous Data Protection) for servers, allowing for versioning, and consistent backups without random times of day using up all of the bandwidth on your network.)

[cjsuk]

You mean for people like me, I wanted to put the boot drive on a smaller drive, cant do a clone for the life of me so I thought Ill use the settings backup option then do a fresh install on the smaller drive and use the restore settings option............... BUT no backup, no restore.

I'm sure you probably can do it via truenas but apart from simple, safe things I have no idea how I would go about that and really wouldn't want to.

So, you also get my vote would be an excellent implementation.

[frustrated]

On 1/21/2025 at 3:07 PM, cjsuk said:

You mean for people like me, I wanted to put the boot drive on a smaller drive, cant do a clone for the life of me so I thought Ill use the settings backup option then do a fresh install on the smaller drive and use the restore settings option............... BUT no backup, no restore.

I'm sure you probably can do it via truenas but apart from simple, safe things I have no idea how I would go about that and really wouldn't want to.

So, you also get my vote would be an excellent implementation.

The same thing here.  I got so frustrated that I let the server gather dust for most of January and today I packed away in a box.