Data Archiving
Data Archive:
A facility providing indefinitely long storage, preservation, disposition, and distribution of data sets and associated metadata.
From: podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/glossary/
An archive is a collection of computer files that have been packaged together for backup, to transport to some other location, for saving away from the computer so that more hard disk storage can be made available, or for some other purpose. An archive can include a simple list of files or files organised under a directory or catalog structure (depending on how a particular program supports archiving).
From : www.sec-1.com/glossary/a.html
Areca
Areca is a personal file backup software developed in Java.
It is released under the General Public License (GPL) v2.
Backup Engine Features :
- Archives compression (Zip format)
- Archives encryption (Triple DES & AES encryption algorithm)
- Source file filters (by extension, subdirectory, regular expression, size, date, status, usage)
- Incremental / Full backup support
- Archives merges / deletion : You can merge contiguous archives in one single archive or safely delete your latest archives.
- As of date recovery : Areca allows you to recover your archives (or single files) as of a specific date.
- Transaction mechanism : All critical processes (such as backups or merges) support a transaction mechanism (with commit / rollback management) which guarantees your backups' integrity.
Graphical User Interface :
- Archives content explorer
- Archive description : A manifest is associated to each archive, which contains various informations such as author, title, date, description, and some technical data.
- File history explorer : Areca keeps track of your file's history (creation / modifications / deletion) over your archives.
- Backup simulation : useful to check wether a backup is necessary
- User's actions history : Areca keeps an history of all user's actions (archives deletion, merges, backups, recoveries).
- Archive's indicators : Areca computes a lot of indicators for you, which will help you in the everyday management of your archives.
- Backup reports : Areca generates backup reports that can be stored on your disk or send by email.
- Post backup scripts : Areca can launch shell scripts after backup.
Command-Line Interface :
- Areca comes with a command-line interface which can be used for backup automation..
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