Dbackup
26th Oct
dbackup is a disk-based client-server backup system for Linux or other UNIX systems.
It works on the principal that disks are cheaper and more reliable than tapes.
Backups are started by cron probably on a daily basis by the client. The client backs up individual filesystems / directories with tar and sends the result to the server, which stores them in a simple tree-based directory structure.
Restores are trivial, either by using the supplied restore client, or by simply copying the appropriate tar files off the server and uncompressing them.
Features
- Backup very large filesystems as long as you have the disk space
- Works with very large numbers of servers / filesystems
- No state is kept on the client, it’s all on the server
- Backup to multiple backup servers in round-robin
- Configuration can be global or per-server
- Authentication for client restores (optional)
- Supports optional gzip or bzip2 compression
- Supports client-side gpg encryption
- Trivial procedure for restores
- Daily / Full incremental backups