For more than a decade, Rdiff-backup has been our preferred choice for developing Minarca Data Backup software, an efficient data backup process management solution tailored for system administrators.

High-capacity disk drives are now widely available at prices that are incredibly cheap compared to those of only a few years ago. In addition, with so many Linux users now ripping CDs to disk, saving ...

Real-time or near-real-time snapshots, replication and continuous data protection (CDP) have become common methods of protecting data in the datacentre. But traditional backup, where copies of data or ...

A dependable backup tool is not a luxury – everyone needs to have one. But that doesn’t mean you need to spend a fortune to get the feature set that meets your needs. Jack Wallen introduces some great ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: Inspired by our post on Linux backup utility Back in Time, but finding it lacking encryption and network powers, Rob Oakes wrote his own Python-based utility to back up Windows, Mac ...

File backup utilities are a dime a dozen, but Areca Backup is a free app with a few standout features. First, it’s a cross-platform app that’s available for Windows or Linux computers. Second, it ...

Backup and recovery done efficiently require use of multiple backup levels carefully thought out so a full backup isn’t needed as often if incremental and differential backups are properly planned.

Two types of backup – item level and image level – have different strengths, and it’s possible to tap the best of both. There are two very different ways to backup a computer: Item-level backup and ...