Open Source Perl Backup Software

Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image®. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).

BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system for backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, Macs and laptops to a server's disk. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Generic SCSI target subsystem for Linux SCST allows creation of sophisticated storage devices. It includes generic SCSI target core with SCSI target drivers and backend handlers. There are target drivers for iSCSI, Fibre Channel, SRP, SAS, FCoE, etc.

rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems. It leverages rsync and hard links to create efficient incremental backups, allowing users to maintain multiple backups without consuming excessive disk space.​

cdbkup performs full or incremental backups of local or remote filesystems onto CD-R(W)s. Results are stored as tarballs on single- or multi-session ISO CDs. It works either interactively for multi-CD backups, or non-interactively for single-CD backups.

Simplebackup is a cross-platform backup program. It reads a configuration file then builds a compress backup set, finally places the compressed files into another location (a directory, a remote http,ftp,sftp server or even one or more email accounts).

Amanda is the most popular Backup and Archiving software that protects multiple machines running various versions of Linux, UNIX and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It supports tapes, disks, optical media and changers.

SystemImager is software that makes the installation of Linux to masses of similar machines relatively easy. It makes software distribution, configuration, and operating system updates easy, and can also be used for content distribution.

REOBack (pronounced as ray-o-back), is a backup solution designed for Linux users/system admins. It supports scheduled full/incremental backups, remote transfers via NFS or FTP as well as auto-deletion of old backups.

BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, Windows, and macOS systems to a central server using rsync, tar, SMB, or FTP. It uses hard-linking and compression to efficiently store multiple backups of the same files and offers a web interface for administration and restore. BackupPC is suitable for environments where centralized, disk-based backups are needed.

Tool for copy partitions to another HDD. FreeBSD stores its data on partitions, which incapsulated in slices. Soft, such as Partition Magic, Acronis, etc. detect only slice, not real partitions on that slice. CloneHDD correctly understand size diference.

Flexible backup script. Easy to configure, uses dump/afio/tar/cpio/star/etc. backend. Backup levels as in dump. Configurable backup sets. Writes to tapes, on-disk archive files, or on-disk directory trees. rpm-mode for only changed/unowned files.

bkp is a simple command line backup tool, written in perl, under GPL license; it allows you to make backup of your data.

MondoRescue is the premier GPL disaster recovery suite for Linux/FreeBSD

Backup to another disk. Optimimal reduced disk space and to improved performance. storeBackup is now hosted at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/storebackup You will find the homepage at http://www.nongnu.org/storebackup/

Mondo Rescue is a GPL suite designed to create disaster recovery or cloning physical or virtual media from which you'll be able to boot in order to restore or clone your original system. It does that in an automatic or interactive way allowing modifs

Wrapper to Amanda Backup amrecover command using Expect module. A starting point to develop a GPL gui web interface for an Amanda Backup System. It creates a Daemon to support a rpc webservice. Tested on a linux system.

CDriveBack backs up partitions for Novice End Users. If the user boots the Live-CD, waits for it to settle, then hits enter, their C: Drive will be backed up. There are also advanced options.

tardiff is a perl utility that enables easy patch creation for two different versions of a build/install tree in tarball format. tardiff uses advanced mechanisms to determine differences (visit homepage for a thorough description).

Websites and any file system elements backup tool

Commandline tool to manage backup files that are stored on hard drives. Employs infinite grandfather-father-son strategy by deleting defined subset of all backup files, saving space while permitting access to older versions. Aka "Virtual Tape Rotation"

Make generational backups with backup monitoring utilities including email notification. Backup to multiple locations with different options. Web restore system so users can restore their own files from a mounted volume or server. Cross platformable.

BackUp Tool is a small Perl script that is periodically executed to created backups of certain projects/directory's and only adds the backup if changes have been made since the last time a backup has been made, to do this it makes use of md5 checksums.

RSYNC Backup front-end with Web Interface, email reports with attached summary. Simple to use; back up servers with a single line, or your entire server farm from a single machine. Custom email tags sort responses in your MUA. Supports authentication.

BackupAFS is an application to backup OpenAFS cells to a remote backup server's disk. It supports compression, full and multi-level incremental dumps, exponential expiry, and configuration via a friendly web interface.