storeBackup
The facts below are what the maker publishes about storeBackup, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From storeBackup's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| storeBackup | Free | GPL-v3 or later · source download |
The facts
Each one read from storeBackup's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backup scope
- mixedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Computer backup
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Deduplication
- It identifies identical file contents, including renamed or copied files, and uses hard links to save space while keeping each backup complete.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File selection
- It provides options to include and exclude files and directories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Image backups
- It can split large image files or devices into pieces and save only differences from existing backups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Image files
- It can split large image files or complete devices into smaller pieces and save only differences from existing backups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrity checks
- It can check backups and source files using MD5 sums to help detect disk bit rot.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Latency
- The documentation describes fast backups over slow or high-latency network connections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The manual says storeBackup is licensed under GPL version 3 or any later version.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintainer and contact
- The documentation is credited to Heinz-Josef Claes with contributor support and gives hjclaes at web.de for questions or comments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile backup
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Monitoring
- The documentation describes checking logs for ERROR and WARNING messages and mentions a Nagios or Icinga plugin.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline backups
- It supports isolated incremental backups, such as backups made while traveling with a laptop, and later integration into a master backup.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- storeBackup is a space-efficient disk-to-disk backup suite for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recovery
- The documentation says backups can be restored from their native storage format even without storeBackup.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Replication
- It supports time-shifted replication of backups to additional disks or locations, including complex schemes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore format
- The documentation says backups use a transparent native storage format and can be restored without storeBackup.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- filechecked 20 Sep 2026
- Runtime requirement
- The programs are written in Perl and require a working Perl implementation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Selection
- It supports configurable inclusion and exclusion of files and directories, as well as sparse files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Special file limits
- Normal files, directories, symbolic links, and named pipes are supported; other file types require the cpIsGnu option and GNU cp.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Storage
- It detects files with identical contents, including renamed or copied files, and uses hard links to save space while keeping each completed backup independent.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The manual directs users with hints, comments, or questions to email the author at hjclaes at web.de.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The tools are reported to run on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and AIX, and are developed and tested on GNU/Linux.checked 12 Oct 2026
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