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Git-based backup with bup

Git-based backup with bup

Posted Apr 1, 2010 7:06 UTC (Thu) by sitaram (subscriber, #5959)
Parent article: Git-based backup with bup

and you forgot to mention the magic buzz-word in this space today: de-duplication. If I interpret this (from the README) right:

Data is "automagically" shared between incremental backups without having to know which backup is based on which other one - even if the backups are made from two different computers that don't even know about each other.
then that beats rdiff-backup hands down... I think a "show off features with commands" doc is definitely needed!


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Git-based backup with bup

Posted Apr 1, 2010 9:28 UTC (Thu) by jond (subscriber, #37669) [Link]

Yes, I currently use rdiff-backup as "best of breed" and I am watching bup
with interest.

I have an in-progress FUSE-powered rdiff-backup increments browser (there's
another called 'archfs', too, which is further along). I might branch off
bup support at some point.

Git-based backup with bup

Posted Apr 8, 2010 4:26 UTC (Thu) by mbiker (guest, #65090) [Link]

There's also brackup. This one possesses many of the same useful properties, and also does encryption.
http://code.google.com/p/brackup/

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