Monday 31 March 2014

Open Source Backup Tools For Linux


There are different kinds of backup tools, which perform the same operating but in different ways and for different systems.
Experts have for a long time laid emphasis on backing up your system or network's data. The best way to ensure that you don't lose data is to use tools for creating backups.

Graphical User Interface (GUI): A graphical user interface always makes any task much easier than it would be otherwise. The same is applicable for tools that are used to backup your data in Linux.
1. Areca Backup
2. BackupPC
3. Bacula
4. fwbackups
5. Keep
6. Simple Backup Solution

Command-line: While GUIs do make the job easier, many Linux users still prefer to use the Command Line for as many tasks as possible. If you're such an user then these are the tools for you.
7. afbackup
8. AMANDA
9. Cedar Backup
10. Duplicity
11. Dump/restore
12. tar

Snapshot backups: In order to save time, some software create backups on a snapshot. This is a read-only copy of the data that can be used in order to restore lost information.
13. FlyBack
14. Time Vault

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