ignis

Free and open source back-up program for your Mac
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Robert Penz
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://robert.penz.name/
  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS X
  • File Size:
  • 130 KB

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ignis Description

Free and open source back-up program for your Mac Ignis is a special backup program for the SOHO sector. ignis implements a full-backup strategy, a mix between the backup schemes of GFS and Tower of Hanoi.ignis is meant for backing up onto DVDs or simular media normally via cron. Reports are sent via mail. Here are some key features of "ignis": · unattended backup onto a removable mainstream medium like DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW or CD-RW · easy recovery as the data can be read by any computer which can make use of the medium and can read from ISO file systems (directcopy backup method) or by the use of standard tools like tar, gzip, bzip2 and gnupg – depending on the method used to backup. · summary email after backup reporting which medium was used and which is the next · check function which reports via email some time before the backup is scheduled if everything is ready (1 or 2 days) · separated email addresses can be specified for info and error mails. (operator vs administrator) · md5 sums are generated and the written data is verified after writing · multiple backup locations and methods are supported e.g. directcopy, tar (+ gzip/bzip2) (+gnupg) · recovery program to restore, search, list and show the history of previously backuped files. Requirements: · DVD writer · Python and dvd+rw-tools installed


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