DietPi appears to offer the best platform for running a Raspberry PI 1 B (512mb ram) as a backup server. However, DietPi seems to offer a lot of options. I’m hoping the community could narrow down my options with the following desired options:
- Simple install and set up using the above Pi with an external powered USB drive.
- Clients for both Windows and Linux (mixed environment)
- I don’t need Android or OS support, but it would be nice if I could remotely connect from my work computer (even if this is by ssh) to grab a few files every once in a while.
- NICE but NOT NECESSARY: Reversion copies can be configured (As in fileA.txt is kept on server with revision 2 and 3, then version 1 is deleted when the 4th reversion is saved).
- Website like Dropbox interface is not necessary, but it would be nice to be able to see the files through ssh session.
- It would be nice if I could use a USB drive that already has data on it, and would not have to format it as ext4, but this is not a deal breaker either.
What does the community recommend for an older Raspberry PI and offering some of the above features? I’m a little overwhelmed by all of the options: Nextcloud, Pydio, UrBackup, Samba, etc.
In searching the forum I found the following post, but it doesn’t seem to make any recommendations or conclusions in the forum thread or Google Doc: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-as-a-backup-server/561/1