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Bareos vs Bacula: Open Source vs Open Core Backup
If you look for open-source backup software for a whole company network, two names come up again and again: Bareos and Bacula. At first glance, they look almost the same. Bacula is similar to Bareos in its structure, its terms and the way it is configured.That can make the…
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New Bareos Maintenance Releases With Important Security Fixes: 25.1.2, 24.0.12 and 23.1.9
The new Bareos maintenance releases 25.1.2, 24.0.12 and 23.1.9 contain several security fixes for the Bareos Director and the WebUI. We strongly encourage you to update at least your Director and WebUI in a timely manner. We recommend upgrading to the latest version of your…
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What Is Open Source? History, Benefits and Digital Sovereignty
Open-source software is software whose source code is public. Anyone may read it, use it, change it and pass it on. Richard Stallman, who started the free software movement, summed it up in one line: “free as in free speech, not free beer.” Open source is about freedom, not…
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A Forensic View on Tape – What Your Tape Metadata Can Tell You
At our recent Bareos Expert Circle, Bruno Friess from eXstor GmbH gave a presentation about tape metadata, tape health and what happens inside an LTO environment beyond the backup data itself. A short look back Magnetic tape has been used for data storage for decades. The LTO…
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Bareos Certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10
Bareos is officially certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10 and is listed in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. The certification confirms that Bareos has been tested for use on the respective RHEL platforms. Current certification covers: Bareos packages are built and…
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Why Is Proxmox VE So Popular – and Why Do Incremental Backups Matter?
Recently, we announced that Bareos is working on incremental backups for Proxmox VE virtual machines. The post got a lot of attention.So we thought it was worth looking at the bigger picture. Why is Proxmox getting so much attention now? Why are more organizations considering it…
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How Open-Source Backup Tools Differ: Recovery and Disaster Recovery
A backup is useful only if you can restore what you need.Sometimes that means recovering one deleted file. In other cases, you may need to restore a complete virtual machine, a running database or an entire server after a disk failure. These are very different data recovery…
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Incremental Proxmox VM Backups Are Coming to Bareos
We are working on incremental backups for Proxmox VE virtual machines in Bareos.The first prototype is working and we are now moving on to implementing the functionality, the feature is currently planned for Bareos 26. Backup only what has changed The new incremental backup will…
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Bareos is now listed on openCode
Bareos is now listed in the openCode Software Index, the central platform for open-source software in German public administration. openCode is operated by the Center for Digital Sovereignty of the Public Administration (ZenDiS). The platform helps public-sector organizations…
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New Bareos Maintenance Releases: 25.1.1, 24.0.11 and 23.1.8
The new Bareos 25.1.1, 24.0.11 and 23.1.8 maintenance releases include an important security fix affecting the Bareos Director, together with several additional bug fixes and improvements. We recommend upgrading to the latest version of your Bareos branch. In case you would like…