Obnam 1.7 (backup software) released (opens in new tab)

(blog.liw.fi)

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luxpir12y ago· 2 in thread

Really been impressed with Obnam's speed and ease of use for backing up sites/configs via ssh, with cron kicking things off based on the (relatively detailed) config. Look forward to testing the new release.

Took a while to initially decide between duplicity/rsnapshot etc., and so far I'm more than impressed. Cheers, Lars.

StavrosK12y ago

Hmm, really? I had tried it a while back, but it took around five minutes to back up around a megabyte over local SSH. I don't think I'd list speed as one of its advantages.

luxpir12y ago

Maybe try again with a more recent version? My initial backup of 450 megabytes took just over 30 minutes, with subsequent additions taking seconds only in most cases. Same story for the second server, both over sftp. I don't know what could have caused such a difference between our experiences.

mbq12y ago· 2 in thread

Attic implements the same idea but seems more stable; https://attic-backup.org/

warmwaffles12y ago

I've been thinking about using attic when I get my NAS.

Though I remember reading somewhere that the archive format is largely undocumented.

mbq12y ago

True, although you have the code (;

beagle312y ago· 1 in thread

Can someone familiar with both explain how this is different than bup[1]? The descriptions seem similar enough.

[1] https://github.com/bup/bup

luxpir12y ago

Yes, they're both quick and incremental, but there are some easily spotted differences. Here's a few:

. GPG encryption

. Unattended key-based backups via sftp

. Push/pull backups/restores

. The stability and support of a developer who has contributed to Debian/FOSS since 1996 (see http://liw.fi)

EagleEye9612y ago· 1 in thread

So, it works only in some Linux distros like Debian, not in Windows etc. Had to dig that from the tutorial, between the lines.

_swa8OP12y ago

It's been ported to FreeBSD as well. And should work on any reasonable Linux distro. http://liw.fi/obnam/download/ has some links.

sciurus12y ago

The best testimonial I've seen for Obnam is that Joey Hess is using it.

http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/trying_obnam/

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11 comments

11 comments · 5 top-level

luxpir12y ago· 2 in thread

Took a while to initially decide between duplicity/rsnapshot etc., and so far I'm more than impressed. Cheers, Lars.

StavrosK12y ago

Hmm, really? I had tried it a while back, but it took around five minutes to back up around a megabyte over local SSH. I don't think I'd list speed as one of its advantages.

luxpir12y ago

mbq12y ago· 2 in thread

Attic implements the same idea but seems more stable; https://attic-backup.org/

warmwaffles12y ago

I've been thinking about using attic when I get my NAS.

Though I remember reading somewhere that the archive format is largely undocumented.

mbq12y ago

True, although you have the code (;

beagle312y ago· 1 in thread

Can someone familiar with both explain how this is different than bup[1]? The descriptions seem similar enough.

[1] https://github.com/bup/bup

luxpir12y ago

Yes, they're both quick and incremental, but there are some easily spotted differences. Here's a few:

. GPG encryption

. Unattended key-based backups via sftp

. Push/pull backups/restores

. The stability and support of a developer who has contributed to Debian/FOSS since 1996 (see http://liw.fi)

EagleEye9612y ago· 1 in thread

So, it works only in some Linux distros like Debian, not in Windows etc. Had to dig that from the tutorial, between the lines.

_swa8OP12y ago

It's been ported to FreeBSD as well. And should work on any reasonable Linux distro. http://liw.fi/obnam/download/ has some links.

sciurus12y ago

The best testimonial I've seen for Obnam is that Joey Hess is using it.

http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/trying_obnam/

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