[TriLUG] LT: flashback

[Matt Pusateri]

How does this compare to rsnapshot, which also uses rsync and hard links?

Matt P.

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On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

> I have been working on a new backup tool that I call "flashback".
> It started as a python-based wrapper around the old rsback scripts,
> but it has grown into a flexible stand-alone backup daemon.  It's
> small and fast, appropriate for running on a Raspberry Pi or other
> small device, and it uses rsync to make very fast hardlinked
> backups of other machines in the home or office.  At home, I have
> replaced BackupPC with flashback, and it's MUCH faster.  I am
> hoping to eventually publish it into the Debian repositories, if
> I can figure out how to do so.
> 
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