Bup

Bup
Original author(s) Avery Pennarun
Initial release 3 January 2010 (2010-01-03)
Stable release
0.28.1 / 12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)
Development status Active
Written in Python, Bash, C
Operating system Linux, OS X, NetBSD, Solaris, Cygwin
Size 405 KB
Type Backup
License LGPL version 2 [1]
Website bup.github.io

Bup is a Backup system written in Python. It uses several formats from GIT but capable of handling very large files like OS images.[2] It has block-based deduplication[3] and optional par2-based error correction.[4]

History

Bup development began in 2010[5] and was accepted to Debian the same year.

Design

Bup uses the git packfile format writing packfiles directly avoiding the GC.[2]

Availability

Bup is available from source and notably part of the following distributions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "license at github.com". github.com. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Brockmeier, Joe 'Zonker' (March 31, 2010). "Git-based backup with bup". LWN. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Keeling, G. P. E. (January 2014). "Improved Open Source Backup: Incorporating inline deduplication and sparse indexing solutions" (PDF). UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Zari´c, Zoran (2011). "bup: Git for backups" (PDF). 28c3. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Pennarun, Avery (2010-10-25). "bup: the git-based backup system" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Debian".
  7. ↑ "Ubuntu".
  8. ↑ "Arch Linux".
  9. ↑ "pkgsrc".

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