Backup ideas#

Remote encrypted backup

References#

Synchronization#

• rsync
• Unison
• Capivara a Java file synchronization program.
• Robocopier a Python script to synchronize directories and copy them.
• Xfiles a Java/Python file synchronization/comparison tool
• Conduit a Python/Gnome program that handles synchronization of user data. It can upload to webservices and transform the data.
• Opensync Generic library project for synchronization.

Backup#

• Duplicity Python backup program that does encryption and webdav
• Areca backup
• Amanda Open Source backup software with S3 option

Webdav#

• Milton a Java server library to expose any kind of data through webdav
• Sardine a Java client library to access Webdav servers

Archiving#

• jar, zip, tar etc.

Encryption/Filesystems#

• Zip encryption?
• GPG
• ZFS
• Btrfs
• Ecryptfs
• Trucrypt