On this page you will find links that can be useful

Backup Open Source:

Duplicati - free backup client software: http://code.google.com/p/duplicati/

LBackup is a simple backup system aimed at systems administrators who require reliable backups with minimum fuss. It is configured with configuration files, and the backup is started from the command line. It has been tested for over 5 years. Backups can be to local media, or to remote media via one or more networks. The networks may be private LANs, WANs, or sets of untrusted public networks such as the Internet.http://www.lbackup.org/

Areca Backup basically allows you to select a set of files / directories to back-up, choose where and how (as a simple file copy, as a zip archive, ...) they will be stored, and configure post-backup actions (like sending backup reports by email or launching custom shell scripts) http://www.areca-backup.org/

BACKUP alternatives from http://www.lbackup.org/alternatives

If you are interested in performing a bootable backup of Mac OS X system have a look at Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper, or theFull System Backup page.

If you are looking for an enterprise grade (costs money, supports tape and ACL backup out of the box) backup solution then consider NetVault, CrashPlan or Bru. Alternatively, if you are on a tight budget or would prefer an open source backup solution consider BackupPC, Bacula, Amanda or BAR.

If you are interested a very simple backup solution then consider some of the various *NIX commands. A couple of *NIX tools to consider are afio and tar. When combined with tools such as find you will be able to quickly construct a customized backup solution. If you end up constructing a custom backup script or command we encourage you to submit these to the LBackup project. This is because we are constantly looking for ways to make LBackup more flexible.

rlbackup uses the push backup strategy. It is also an rsync wrapper and supports hard links.

Unison is a great utility for synchronizing directories. The unison guide will help to get you started.

Dirvish has some unique approaches to backup management and is worth a look.

If you like the sound of RSync, but do not really want to edit a text file to configure your backups, then ripcordbackup, arRsync,RSyncX (tutorial), EasyRsync, Backuplist+ or Grsync Mac may be worth a look. In addition, on LINUX there is GADMIN-RSYNC, snap2and Grsync.

If you would like to just use RSync, then there are plenty of tutorials and tips available, to help get you started.

If you are having difficulty keeping an encrypted image in sync across a set of networks, consider duplicity.

Rsnapshot is command line tool which produces hard linked backups like LBackup.

Link-Backup is a command line tool which deals with file and directory renames. The LBackup team are working to integrate Link-Backup with LBackup in the future.

rdiff-backup is a command line tool which simultaneously supports both push and pull network backup strategies. In addition, rdiff-backup is very good at only storing the changes between different version of a file. This results in drastic reductions in the amount of space required for the backups when using rdiff-backup in under certain circumstances.

TimeMachine is bundled into Mac OS X 10.5 and later and provides an intuitive GUI for restore operations. If you decide to use TimeMachine then you may also be interested in TimeMachine Editor.

If you would like to run RSync on Microsoft Windows, you could consider installing RSync under Cygwin or you could take a look atDeltaCopy, nnBackup or NasBackup.

rdup approaches backups with a UNIX philosophy.

Revision control systems may also be utilized in a backup strategy. One example is git. However, there are many others.

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