Powershell script that uses Robocopy and Hardlinks for creating backup snapshots on local partitions (NTFS) or remote shares (NTFS, Samba) just like the famous Rsnapshot

Features

  • Powershell script which tries to clone the features of Rsnapshot with Windows built-in routines
  • Works on local partitions (NTFS) and remote shares (NTFS, Samba)
  • Uses ROBOCOPY.EXE for the copying jobs
  • Copies only new and changed files to the backup repository
  • Unchanged files are 'hard linked'
  • Windows XP: local backups (internal, usb) -- FSUTIL.EXE
  • Windows 7: local backups (internal, usb) -- MKLINK
  • Windows XP + 7: remote backups -- LN.EXE
  • Tested on Windows XP SP3 32 bit and Windows 7 32/64 bit
  • When using on remote shares make sure the filesystem supports hard links
  • Saves you a lot of storage capacity
  • IMPORTANT: --->README.TXT

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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User Reviews

  • Great script! I have used rsync and rsnapshot for many years and roboshot produces results right in line with rsnapshot. The data transfer performance is less that I expected though. I have a Windows SSTP VPN that transfers the same 100GB folder at 7Mbps where roboshot can only get 800Kbps going. Please contact me if you want to collaborate on testing performance? Web: SBizIT dot com or Twitter kamsalisbury
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators

User Interface

Console/Terminal

Registered

2010-02-24