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| * An excellent free tool which supports full system backups of a wide range of operating systems is [[http://clonezilla.org|Clonezillia]]. | * An excellent free tool which supports full system backups of a wide range of operating systems is [[http://clonezilla.org|Clonezillia]]. | ||
| - | * If you are interested in performing a bootable backup of Mac OS X system have a look at [[http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html|Carbon Copy Cloner]], [[http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/|SuperDuper]], or the [[Full System Backup]] page. | + | * Should you be interested in performing a bootable backup of Mac OS X system have a look at [[http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html|Carbon Copy Cloner]], [[http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/|SuperDuper]], or the [[Full System Backup]] page. Yet another option is a tool such as [[http://jedda.me/projects/counterpart/|CounterPart]. |
| * If you are looking for an enterprise grade (costs money, supports tape and ACL backup out of the box) backup solution then consider [[http://www.bakbone.com/|NetVault]], [[http://crashplan.com|CrashPlan]] or [[http://www.tolisgroup.com/|Bru]]. Alternatively, if you are on a tight budget or would prefer an open source backup solution consider [[http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/|BackupPC]], [[http://www.bacula.org|Bacula]], [[http://amanda.zmanda.com|Amanda]] or [[http://www.kigen.de/projects/bar/index.html|BAR]]. | * If you are looking for an enterprise grade (costs money, supports tape and ACL backup out of the box) backup solution then consider [[http://www.bakbone.com/|NetVault]], [[http://crashplan.com|CrashPlan]] or [[http://www.tolisgroup.com/|Bru]]. Alternatively, if you are on a tight budget or would prefer an open source backup solution consider [[http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/|BackupPC]], [[http://www.bacula.org|Bacula]], [[http://amanda.zmanda.com|Amanda]] or [[http://www.kigen.de/projects/bar/index.html|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 [[http://man.cx/afio|afio]] and [[http://man.cx/tar|tar]]. When combined with tools such as [[http://man.cx/find|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 [[contribute|submit]] these to the LBackup project. This is because we are constantly looking for ways to make LBackup more flexible. | + | * If the event that you are interested a very simple backup solution then consider some of the various *NIX commands. A couple of *NIX tools to consider are [[http://man.cx/afio|afio]] and [[http://man.cx/tar|tar]]. When combined with tools such as [[http://man.cx/find|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 [[contribute|submit]] these to the LBackup project. This is because we are constantly looking for ways to make LBackup more flexible. |
| *[[http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/rlbackup/|rlbackup]] uses the [[network_backup_strategies|push backup strategy]]. It is also an [[http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/|rsync]] wrapper and supports hard links. | *[[http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/rlbackup/|rlbackup]] uses the [[network_backup_strategies|push backup strategy]]. It is also an [[http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/|rsync]] wrapper and supports hard links. | ||
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| * If you like the sound of RSync, but do not really want to edit a text file to configure your backups, then [[http://www.ripcordbackup.com/Home.html|ripcordbackup]], [[http://arrsync.sourceforge.net/|arRsync]], [[http://archive.macosxlabs.org/rsyncx/rsyncx.html|RSyncX]] ([[http://www.egg-tech.com/mac_backup/|tutorial]]), [[http://web.mac.com/simonvrel/easyrsync/easyrsync.html| EasyRsync]], [[http://rdutoit.home.comcast.net/~rdutoit/pub/robsoft/pages/softw.html|Backuplist+]] or [[http://grsync-mac.tuxfamily.org/?lang=en|Grsync Mac]] may be worth a look. In addition, on LINUX there is [[http://gadmintools.flippedweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=38|GADMIN-RSYNC]], [[http://www.linuxbackups.org/node/25|snap2]] and [[http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/|Grsync]]. | * If you like the sound of RSync, but do not really want to edit a text file to configure your backups, then [[http://www.ripcordbackup.com/Home.html|ripcordbackup]], [[http://arrsync.sourceforge.net/|arRsync]], [[http://archive.macosxlabs.org/rsyncx/rsyncx.html|RSyncX]] ([[http://www.egg-tech.com/mac_backup/|tutorial]]), [[http://web.mac.com/simonvrel/easyrsync/easyrsync.html| EasyRsync]], [[http://rdutoit.home.comcast.net/~rdutoit/pub/robsoft/pages/softw.html|Backuplist+]] or [[http://grsync-mac.tuxfamily.org/?lang=en|Grsync Mac]] may be worth a look. In addition, on LINUX there is [[http://gadmintools.flippedweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=38|GADMIN-RSYNC]], [[http://www.linuxbackups.org/node/25|snap2]] and [[http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/|Grsync]]. | ||
| - | * If you would like to just use RSync, then there are plenty of [[rsync tips| tutorials and tips]] available, to help get you started. | + | * If using RSync directly is preferred, then there are plenty of [[rsync tips| tutorials and tips]] available, to help get you started. |
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| + | * Having difficulty keeping an encrypted image in sync across a set of networks, consider [[http://duplicity.nongnu.org/|duplicity]] or if re-encryption is a possibility, then ZBackup (mentioned below) could work? | ||
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| + | * [[http://zbackup.org|ZBackup]] is an interesting project which may be used to compliment LBackup or as a backup tool in its own right. | ||
| - | * If you are having difficulty keeping an encrypted image in sync across a set of networks, consider [[http://duplicity.nongnu.org/|duplicity]]. | ||
| * [[http://www.rsnapshot.org/rsnapshot.html|Rsnapshot]] and [[https://github.com/idomagal/Trunkfish|Trunkfish]] are command line tools which produces hard linked backups like LBackup. | * [[http://www.rsnapshot.org/rsnapshot.html|Rsnapshot]] and [[https://github.com/idomagal/Trunkfish|Trunkfish]] are command line tools which produces hard linked backups like LBackup. | ||
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| * An excellent commercial solution for Windows backups in many situations is [[http://www.shadowprotect.com|ShadowProtect]]. An open source solution for Windows backup is [[http://burp.grke.org|BURP]]. | * An excellent commercial solution for Windows backups in many situations is [[http://www.shadowprotect.com|ShadowProtect]]. An open source solution for Windows backup is [[http://burp.grke.org|BURP]]. | ||
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| - | * [[http://zbackup.org|ZBackup]] is an interesting project which may be used to compliment LBackup or as a backup tool in its own right. | ||
| * There are also many cloud centric systems, a handful of which are listed below. This is not to say that LBackup and the alternatives listed above are not capable of backup to cloud storage, it is simply that they are not considered to be cloud storage centric : | * There are also many cloud centric systems, a handful of which are listed below. This is not to say that LBackup and the alternatives listed above are not capable of backup to cloud storage, it is simply that they are not considered to be cloud storage centric : | ||