

Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS Xĭesigned for automatic online backups to disk, Box encrypts all data and supports continuous or snapshot backups. Professional support and services can be found through. Operating System: LinuxĪnother very popular option, Bareos (short for Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced) is based on the Bacula code. It incorporates several of the other tools on this list including Duplicity and rsync. This tool makes it easier to coordinate and manage backups on your network.
#UNISON VS SYNKRON MAC OS X#
Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS XīackupPC describes itself as “a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX and Mac OS X PCs and laptops to a server’s disk.” It uses a unique pooling scheme to minimize I/O and storage space requirements. Paid enterprise versions and other services can be purchased from the project maintainer, Bacula Systems. Operating System: LinuxĬlaiming to be “by far the most popular open source program backup program,” Bacula offers enterprise-class network backup that is “relatively” easy to use. It also includes optional 256-bit AES encryption and can transfer files to remote hosts via SSH. If you are looking to minimize the amount of storage space you need for backups, consider Attic, which includes built-in deduplication. It is now maintained by Carbonite, and it provides the basis for Carbonite’s well-known cloud backup service. Backup-NetworkĪMANDA, which stands for “Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver,” is a mature backup program which has been under development for decades.
#UNISON VS SYNKRON UPDATE#
If you know of additional open source projects that you think should be on the list for the next time we update it, please feel free to note them in the comments section below. In addition, we’ve dropped off several projects that are no longer actively maintained. We’ve updated our list of open source backup tools for 2015, and this year’s list has quite a few new entries that weren’t featured last year. The open source community offers a variety of tools that can minimize the costs associated with backup and recovery. As data volumes continue to grow by 40 percent per year, both businesses and individuals are looking for ways to safeguard ever-increasing stores of information. And many organizations are governed by regulations that mandate backup procedures, which is only driving up demand.Īccording to one estimate, backup and recovery software sales are worth $4.7 billion dollars per year, and that’s just for enterprise users.

Between cloud backup services, dedicated appliances and archiving software, backup and recovery is a huge business.
