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One of the more advanced modern filesystems with tons of features; originated on Solaris but now runs on Linux[1], FreeBSD, and others.
See also ZFS on Linux[2] and Backups[3].
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dar is a Backup[5] and archiving tool. You can think of it as as more modern tar. It supports both streaming and random-access modes, supports correct incrementals (unlike GNU tar's incremental mode), Encryption[6], various forms of compression, even integrated rdiff deltas.
7: /using-filespooler-for-backups/
Filespooler[8] makes an *excellent* tool for handling Backups[9]. In fact, this was the case the prompted me to write it in the first place.
10: /introduction-to-filespooler/
It seems that lately I've written several shell implementations of a simple queue that enforces ordered execution of jobs that may arrive out of order. After writing this for the nth time in bash, I decided it was time to do it properly. But first, a word on the *why* of it all.
Keeping your data safe in the event of a disaster or compromise is important. That's why we back up.
This is about running ZFS[13] on Linux[14] and Debian[15].
16: /zfs-automatic-snapshots-and-replication/
For ZFS[17].
(c) 2022-2024 John Goerzen