Best Practice for Using Kopia with rclone — Local Backup + Cloud Sync (Google Workspace)

General
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Hi everyone,

I’m setting up Kopia and wanted to check what the best practice is for using it in combination with rclone. My goal is to have a two-stage backup process:

  1. Local backup: Kopia repository stored on a secondary disk.

  2. Cloud sync: Use rclone to sync the local Kopia repository to Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) storage.

I’m mainly looking for advice on:

  • Whether this setup is recommended or if it introduces risks (Backing up directly can have issues with maintenance jobs).

  • The best way to schedule or trigger rclone sync safely after local backups complete.

  • Any specific rclone flags or Kopia settings that help ensure repository integrity during syncing.

I want to prioritize data integrity and restore reliability, would love to hear how others handle local + cloud redundancy with Kopia.

Thanks in advance!

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This seems overly complicated to me. If you cannot use Kopia to directly backup to Google, consider using Kopia to backup locally and rclone to backup to Google (not sync local Kopia repository to Google but rather use rclone compression/encryption features to create an rclone backup). That way you still have your local and cloud backup but using two different software, just in case something goes wrong with Kopia.