Need help understanding the point of PBS

3 years ago by cavedildo to c/proxmox

I installed Proxmox Backup Server in a VM on my nas to see what all the fuss was about. I messed with it for a but but then the install got botched (not PBS's fault) and I didn't bother messing with it anymore. What I have been doing is, on each of my nodes, just setting up scheduled backups of VMs to a share on my NAS. I can't figure out why using PBS would be any better that just doing that but people seem to like it. I only have to do this once on each node. Could anyone enlighten me as to what I am not seeing in PBS that makes it better?

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ryknow 4 points 3 years ago

I think the integration, dedup, garbage collection as a whole. I personally love my PBS server.

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non_burglar 2 points 3 years ago

Agreed. The options to set retention across multiple jobs is great, too.

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timbuck2themoon 2 points 3 years ago

There is a lot to love- dedup, garbage collection, pruning/retention, sync jobs, verification, etc. All of that dwarfs the normal backup process for proxmox itself.

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