50 Essential Backup and Recovery Tools for Linux
Introduction
Data backup and recovery are critical for any system administrator. Here are 50 essential backup and recovery tools for Linux.
📑 Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Full System Backup
- 1. Timeshift
- 2. Clonezilla
- 3. Rescuezilla
- 4. Mondo Rescue
- 5. FSArchiver
- File-Based Backup
- 6. rsync
- 7. BorgBackup
- 8. restic
- 9. Duplicity
- 10. Duplicati
- 11. rclone
- 12. Kopia
- 13. rdiff-backup
- 14. Deja Dup
- 15. Back In Time
- Enterprise Backup
- 16. Bacula
- 17. Amanda
- 18. Bareos
- 19. UrBackup
- 20. BackupPC
- Database Backup
- 21. Percona XtraBackup
- 22. pg_dump
- 23. pgBackRest
- 24. Barman
- 25. mydumper
- 26. wal-g
- Container Backup
- 27. Velero
- 28. Kasten K10
- 29. Stash
- 30. Longhorn
- Cloud Backup
- 31. AWS Backup
- 32. s3cmd
- 33. aws-cli
- 34. gsutil
- 35. azcopy
- Disk Recovery
- 36. TestDisk
- 37. PhotoRec
- 38. ddrescue
- 39. foremost
- 40. Scalpel
- 41. extundelete
- Sync Tools
- 42. Syncthing
- 43. Unison
- 44. FreeFileSync
- 45. lsyncd
- Archive Tools
- 46. tar
- 47. 7-Zip
- 48. pigz
- 49. zstd
- 50. dar
- Conclusion
Full System Backup
1. Timeshift
System restore tool for Linux similar to Windows System Restore.
2. Clonezilla
Disk imaging and cloning program.
3. Rescuezilla
Easy-to-use disk imaging application.
4. Mondo Rescue
Disaster recovery solution.
5. FSArchiver
Filesystem archiver and cloner.
File-Based Backup
6. rsync
Fast, versatile file copying and synchronization.
7. BorgBackup
Deduplicating archiver with encryption.
8. restic
Fast, secure, efficient backup program.
9. Duplicity
Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup.
10. Duplicati
Free backup software with web interface.
11. rclone
Rsync for cloud storage providers.
12. Kopia
Fast and secure backup tool.
13. rdiff-backup
Reverse differential backup.
14. Deja Dup
Simple backup tool for GNOME.
15. Back In Time
Simple backup tool using rsync.
Enterprise Backup
16. Bacula
Enterprise backup solution.
17. Amanda
Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver.
18. Bareos
Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced.
19. UrBackup
Client/server backup system.
20. BackupPC
High-performance backup system.
Database Backup
21. Percona XtraBackup
Hot backup for MySQL/MariaDB.
22. pg_dump
PostgreSQL backup utility.
23. pgBackRest
Reliable PostgreSQL backup and restore.
24. Barman
Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL.
25. mydumper
Multi-threaded MySQL dumper.
26. wal-g
Archival restoration tool for databases.
Container Backup
27. Velero
Backup and migrate Kubernetes resources.
28. Kasten K10
Kubernetes data protection platform.
29. Stash
Kubernetes backup solution.
30. Longhorn
Cloud-native distributed storage with backup.
Cloud Backup
31. AWS Backup
Managed backup service for AWS.
32. s3cmd
Command-line S3 client.
33. aws-cli
AWS command-line interface.
34. gsutil
Google Cloud Storage command-line tool.
35. azcopy
Azure Storage data transfer utility.
Disk Recovery
36. TestDisk
Partition recovery and file undelete.
37. PhotoRec
File data recovery software.
38. ddrescue
Data recovery from failing drives.
39. foremost
Forensic file recovery.
40. Scalpel
Fast file carver.
41. extundelete
Recover deleted files from ext3/4.
Sync Tools
42. Syncthing
Continuous file synchronization.
43. Unison
Bidirectional file synchronizer.
44. FreeFileSync
Folder comparison and synchronization.
45. lsyncd
Live Syncing Daemon.
Archive Tools
46. tar
Tape archive utility.
47. 7-Zip
High compression ratio archiver.
48. pigz
Parallel gzip implementation.
49. zstd
Fast compression algorithm.
50. dar
Disk ARchive utility.
Conclusion
These 50 backup and recovery tools provide comprehensive data protection solutions for Linux systems of any scale.
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About Ramesh Sundararamaiah
Red Hat Certified Architect
Expert in Linux system administration, DevOps automation, and cloud infrastructure. Specializing in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Docker, Ansible, and enterprise IT solutions.
