Ransomware doesn’t just encrypt your production data. Sophisticated attacks target backup repositories too, because attackers know that destroying…
Most backup solutions fall into two camps: agent-based tools that require manual scripting on every server, or enterprise…
Backing up a database while it is running creates a problem most people don’t think about until it…
File-level backups are useless for databases. If you tar a running PostgreSQL data directory, you get a corrupted…
A well-written bash script covers 90% of Linux backup needs without installing anything. tar, gzip, and a systemd…
Keeping files synchronized across multiple servers is one of those tasks that sounds simple until you need it…
Three backup tools dominate the open-source Linux backup space: BorgBackup, Restic, and Kopia. All three offer deduplication and…
rsync is the most widely deployed file synchronization tool on Linux, and for good reason. It handles incremental…
Restic takes a different approach to backups. Every piece of data is encrypted on the client before it…
Most backup guides skip the part that actually matters: the restore. They show you how to tar your…
Seafile gives you Dropbox-like file sync and sharing on your own server. Files are organized into libraries that…
Elasticsearch 7.17 is the final maintenance branch of the 7.x series, and a large number of production clusters…
