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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]]. | ||
| - | * 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]. | + | * 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 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. | * 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. | ||
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| * [[http://miek.nl/projects/rdup/|rdup]] approaches backups with a UNIX philosophy. | * [[http://miek.nl/projects/rdup/|rdup]] approaches backups with a UNIX philosophy. | ||
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| + | * [[http://storeBackup|StoreBackup]] Some similarities to LBackup but with some nice features including de-duplication and efficient backups of large files such as virtual machines and TrueCrypt stores. | ||
| * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control|Revision control]] systems may also be utilized in a backup strategy. One example is [[http://git-scm.com/|git]]. However, there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_revision_control_software|many others]]. | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control|Revision control]] systems may also be utilized in a backup strategy. One example is [[http://git-scm.com/|git]]. However, there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_revision_control_software|many others]]. | ||