Synbak
Synbak is an application designed to unify several backup methods. It provides a powerful reporting system and a very simple interface for configuration files. It can make backups using rsync (via crypted ssh, rsync, SMB, and CIFS protocols), tar (tar, tar.gz, and tar.bz2) archives, tape (even using multi-loader changer tapes), MySQL databases, Oracle database, LDAP directories, CDR/CD-RW/DVR/DVD-RW, wget HTTP/FTP mirrors, and more. It can generate final reports via email, HTML pages, and RSS feeds. Developers can easily write new backup methods, reports, and translations.
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
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Recent releases
- 09 Jan 2013 21:46
Release Notes: This release adds failed backups lists into $backup_destination/synbak-failed.log file, fixes a bug in the backups_schedule function, updates the FAQ file with an answer about using synbak with automatic daily/weekly/monthly/yearly mode, and modifies the default synbak template.conf file.
- 31 Dec 2012 22:09
Release Notes: This release changes synbak version numbering, implements the 'backup_shedule' function to automate and simplify the daily/weekly/monthly/yearly backups, adds "-E pr=100/noprompt" to the LDAP internal export command, adds support for lzo and xz compression to the tar method, rewrites the erase function to be more smart, and renames some variables.
- 01 Jun 2011 21:53
Release Notes: This release changes many report messages (HTML and email reports). It fixes a bug with calculating destination size when backup_no_make_destdir=yes is used. It fixes a bug in the short open tag in the PHP calendar report. It fixes a bug when erasing old backups when backup_erase_always was used.
- 14 Aug 2010 18:28
Release Notes: A problem was solved with the rsync method when backing up to a full hard disk. A problem when parsing passwords with problematic characters was solved.
- 30 Jun 2010 07:09
Release Notes: A bug in the rsync method using the -o command switch was fixed. The FAQ file was updated with tips to make daily, weekly, and monthly backups.
Recent comments
Synbak review
Synbak not only makes it easy to use the cool features of rsync, it also extends it's abilities. Synbak is easy to install, configure, use and maintain. Add the reporting features (web and/or email) and this makes a powerful backup solution. 10 minutes after downloading it we performed the first backup successfully.
Some of the features we like:
1) Error checking is well implemented.
2) Synbak creates industry standard backups that require no special programs or dependencies to view or restore.
3) The reporting options via email and/or web page make it easy to keep track of what is going on.
4) The configuration is straight forward via a well commented .conf file. For different backup jobs, just create another .conf file.
5) The ability to tell old backups to be automatically deleted after n backups makes maintenance easy.
6) The author is open to answering questions and very helpful.
As for down sides we have not found any. We have been using it for a few months now.
Heartbeat
- Popularity Score
- 231.19
- Vitality Score
- 19.04
- Subscriptions
- 49
