This is the fourth in a series about archiving to removable media (optical discs such as BD-Rs and DVD+Rs or portable hard drives). Here are the first three parts: In part 1, I laid out my goals for the project, and considered a number of tools before determining dar and git-annex were my leading options. … Continue reading Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media: dar vs. git-annex→| The Changelog
This is the third post in a series about data archiving to removable media (optical discs and hard drives). In the first, I explained the difference between backing up and archiving, established goals for the project, and said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. The second post evaluated git-annex, and now it’s time to look at … Continue reading Using dar for Data Archiving→| The Changelog
In my recent post about data archiving to removable media, I laid out the difference between backing up and archiving, and also said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. This post evaluates git-annex. The next will look at dar, and then I’ll make a comparison post. What is git-annex? git-annex is a fantastic and versatile program … Continue reading Using git-annex for Data Archiving→| The Changelog
I have several TB worth of family photos, videos, and other data. This needs to be backed up — and archived. Backups and archives are often thought of as similar. And indeed, they may be done with the same tools at the same time. But the goals differ somewhat: Backups are designed to recover from … Continue reading Recommendations for Tools for Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media→| The Changelog
It seems that lately I’ve written several shell implementations of a simple queue that enforces ordered execution of jobs that may arrive out of order. After writing this for the nth time in bash, I decided it was time to do it properly. But first, a word on the why of it all. Why did … Continue reading Fast, Ordered Unixy Queues over NNCP and Syncthing with Filespooler→| The Changelog
Five days before Christmas I committed my patch to add incremental backup to PostgreSQL. Actually, I've been committing preparatory patches ...| rhaas.blogspot.com
I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago entitled Is pg_dump a Backup Tool?. In that post, I argued in the affirmative, but also said that it's probably shouldn't be your primary backup mechanism. For that, you probably shouldn't directly use anything that is included in PostgreSQL itself, but rather a well-maintained third-party backup tool such as barman or pgbackrest. But today, I want to talk a little more about why I believe that pg_dump is both amazingly useful for solving all kinds of...| Robert Haas
Recently, I've been hearing a lot of experienced PostgreSQL users reiterate this line: "pg_dump is not a backup tool." In fact, the documentation has recently been updated to avoid saying that it is a backup tool, to widespread relief. Experienced PostgreSQL users and developers have been publicly called out for having the temerity to assert that pg_dump is, in fact, a backup tool. I find this narrative deeply frustrating, for two reasons.Read more »| Robert Haas
As of this writing, I know of three ways to make use of the incremental backup feature that I committed near the end of last month. I'll be interested to see how people deploy in practice. The first idea is to replace some of the full backups you're currently doing with incremental backups, saving backup time and network transfer. The second idea is to do just as many full backups as you do now, but add incremental backups between them, so that if you need to do PITR, you can use pg_combineba...| Robert Haas
Backups are essential. Every agency knows it. A full-site backup is what saves the day when disaster strikes – bringing a crashed site back to life or moving it to a new server. They’re the bedrock of client trust. That’s why we built Incremental Backups into WP Remote. They give you the same safety net,...| WP Remote
Brings official support for macOS 26 Tahoe, as well as a new "glass" icon. ($49.99 new, free update, 28.3 MB, macOS 13+)| TidBITS
St. Paul, Minnesota, Hit by Major Cyber Attack, State of Emergency Declared, National Guard Deployed Article Link: https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/st-paul-minnesota-hit-by-major-cyber-attack-state-of-emergency-declared-national-guard-deployed/ Google Breached — What We Know, What They’re Saying Article Link: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/google-breach-salesforce-shinyhunters/ Cisco Discloses Data Breach Impacting Cisco.com User Accounts Article Link: https://www.bleepin...| Project Hyphae
In one of the sessions I attended during the Pass Data Community Summit the speaker asked “If master is in ... Continue reading| SQL Studies
I recently wrote about duplicating iCloud Drive and iCloud Photos to a network-attached storage (NAS) system. This struck a nerve for folks who want to keep full-resolution backups of their Photos Library when they don’t have enough local storage. (That column was focused on not needing to keep your Mac powered up to handle these iCloud offline backups when the Mac was otherwise not in use.) Readers wrote in or replied via social media with strategies and workarounds, as well as suggesting ...| Six Colors
Article Link: https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ransomware-disruptions-contributed-to-a-patient-death-nhs-finds| Project Hyphae
Enterprise release notes for the recent macOS 15.5 update reveal that Apple plans to remove AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) entirely in a future version of macOS. Howard Oakley explains how this impacts Time Capsule backups and network shares, while Adam Engst offers practical alternatives for Time Capsule users.| TidBITS
SQL Server 2025 Public Preview is not even a week old, but I’m impressed with another new capability that was released – a new backup compression algorithm: ZSTD. This one came as a surprise, despite being part of Private Preview, as it was only released with Public Preview. TL;DR – ZSTD Can Be Fast! Today, […]| Every Byte Counts
The other day I thought to myself that it would be a good idea to have some backups of my data. So I was wondering, how would I execute a periodic backup task?| yield code();
I love that, while I’ve been working with SQL Server for far too many years, that I’m still constantly learning new things, even about old aspects of SQL Server. MirrorDirectory / MIRROR TO… Wut? About a month ago, was having a conversation with a Pure Storage customer’s SQL Server backups. They were using Ola Hallengren’s […]| Every Byte Counts
The start of a new year is always an exciting time. It’s a chance to set fresh goals and map out how to make this year even better than the last. While you’ ...| www.ezcomputersolutions.com
The results of our poll asking about your backup strategy show that most TidBITS readers employ a variety of backup methods to facilitate recovery in different disaster scenarios.| TidBITS
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Adam Engst investigates how macOS 15.2 Sequoia introduced a bug in Apple Software Restore that breaks bootable backups of M-series Macs. He provides guidance for adapting your backup strategy to accommodate a world without bootable backups.| TidBITS
If you rely on a bootable backup of your Mac and haven’t yet updated to macOS 15.2 Sequoia, hold off. Those who have already updated can protect their work with a data-only backup.| TidBITS
Data breaches are expensive. And not just for mega-corporations like Facebook or Equifax. Cybersecurity breaches are a BIG deal, even for small businesses l ...| www.ezcomputersolutions.com
The relatively new Backblaze Restore app makes it much faster and easier to restore backed-up files to your Mac, but if your initial restore fails with a “Permission denied” error, here’s the solution.| TidBITS
Windows Server Backup is a nice, built in solution for small companies wanting to ensure their local data is safe from hardware failure and corruption. The backup itself is built into Windows (no special license required) and will run to locally attached drives (USB, iSCSI, VHDX, etc.). With all backups though, you are only as ... The post Windows Backup – Success and Failure Notifications appeared first on System Lifeline Inc.| System Lifeline Inc
Learn best practices for writing effective postmortems that drive improvements and maintain customer trust, ensuring your team is prepared for the next incident.| Rewind Backups
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School year 2014-2015 is ending. It’s time for a brief report. Session Restore As I announced last year, I am mostly inactive on Session Restore these days. However, I am quite happy to have landed « Bug 883609 – Make Backups Useful ». This has considerably improved the resilience of Session Restore against a variety […]| Il y a du thé renversé au bord de la table
Aging UPS systems can pose risks to your business data. Discover the top five signs it might be time to replace your battery backup.| Copperband Tech
macOS Monterey will be released soon. Is your Mac ready for it? There's more to an upgrade than just having a supported Mac model. Read on to get yourself and your Mac ready for the next macOS.| The House of Moth
Backing up is easy, verifying backups is a pain in the rear. This utility will make verifying backups much easier and save you tons of time!| The House of Moth
TL;DR: I still have a discord, feel free to join. I worked on go-ipcmsg to make it nicer, go-privsep to make it more useable, and A LOT on plakar to make it plakar.| poolp.org
TL;DR: I worked on OpenSMTPD-portable, did a lot of plakar, a lot of Go and gave a technical talk on hypnosis. Let’s start with some LoFi # Relax.| poolp.org
TL;DR: I reworked the virtual filesystem layer in plakar, making it possible to write custom importers of data: use plakar to backup an s3 bucket, for instance.| poolp.org
When I was 16 years old or so, one day, my computer didn't boot. I got a blue screen with some white text-mode error. Something was broken with the file system. This was after being utterly disappointed by Windows 95 and before I became a Linux person, so I was running Windows NT 4.0. I| Pablo Fernandez – Geek, manager, coder, maker, author, entrepreneur
TL;DR: I wrote a backup utility called plakar. Let’s start with some LoFi # Relax. I have a youtube channel (subscribe ! now !)| poolp.org
TL;DR: - small inprovements to the fion window manager - plakar is a backup utility I wrote a long time ago that I will share - tons of opensmtpd stuff, mostly filters and issues handling Shout outs to my patrons !| poolp.org
We're making PITR available for more projects, with a new Dashboard UI that makes it simple to use.| Supabase
