This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but in terms of having local backups I like to use Bvckup2 (https://bvckup2.com/). It's perpetual software, data is saved to your chosen destination (I use a separate portable & encrypted SSD to backup all my personal files, but local network servers might work too),…
You're right, I should add that we're developing it actively and currently use it at our studio for 2+ years now. While we were building it to improve our pipeline internally, we realized it's this is also problem a handful of other Artists and Studios had so we spun it off into an open source project of its own. The…
Thanks for suggestions guys. Somebody turned me on to a program called BeyondCompare which fits my needs almost perfectly. It's not a real version control, but basically automates identifying changes between folders and then can merge items as well. So for just backing up maya files mainly this is good for me.
First it was small SSD 128 gb connected to motherboard m2 slot. I can't recall the brand. Died after BSD and reset Then Toshiba 250 gb . Died after a black out Then Samsung 500 gb After sudden electricity off for couple minutes And just now another Samsung on my older PC after I had to reset it several times during…