7 Best Open Source “Disk Cloning/Backup” Tools for Linux Servers
Disk cloning is the process of copying data from a hard disk to another one, in fact, you can do this process by copy & paste but you won’t be able to copy the
Linux Backup Tools
rdiff-backup – A Powerful Incremental Backup Tool Now Supports Python 3
This improvement was officially released and published on March 15, 2020, with Version 2.0.0 and distributed on the GitHub site. The much appreciated Rdiff-backup application allows users to back up a directory to another
Relax-and-Recover – Backup and Recover a Linux System
Relax-and-Recover (ReaR in short) is a simple yet powerful, easy-to-setup, full-featured and leading open-source bare metal disaster recovery and system migration solution, written in Bash. It is a modular and configurable framework with numerous
fwbackups – A Feature-rich Backup Program for Linux
fwbackups is a free and open-source feature-rich user backup application that allows you to backup your important documents anytime, anywhere using a simple powerful interface with the support for scheduled backups and backing up
How to Setup DRBD to Replicate Storage on Two CentOS 7 Servers
The DRBD (stands for Distributed Replicated Block Device) is a distributed, flexible and versatile replicated storage solution for Linux. It mirrors the content of block devices such as hard disks, partitions, logical volumes etc.
How to Auto Backup Files to USB Media When Connected
A backup is the last defense against data loss, offering a means to restore original data. You can use either a removable media such as an external hard drive or USB flash disk or
Tomb – A File Encryption and Personal Backup Tool for Linux
Tomb is a free open source, small, powerful and simple tool for encrypting files on GNU/Linux. At the time of this writing, it comprises of a shell script (zsh) using generic filesystem GNU tools
rdiff-backup – A Remote Incremental Backup Tool for Linux
rdiff-backup is a powerful and easy-to-use Python script for local/remote incremental backup, which works on any POSIX operating system such as Linux, Mac OS X or Cygwin. It brings together the remarkable features of
How to Clone or Backup Linux Disk Using Clonezilla
Clonezilla is one of the greatest Open Source backup tools for Linux. The absence of a Graphical User Interface combined with a simpler, fast, and intuitive guided command line wizard that runs on top
25 Outstanding Backup Utilities for Linux Systems in 2020
Backup on personal computers or servers is always important to prevent permanent data loss. Therefore getting to know different backup tools is very important especially for System Administrators who work with large amounts of