Borg Server

BorgBackup is a deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption for efficient and secure data backups.

Description

BorgBackup, commonly known as Borg, is a deduplicating backup program offering efficient and secure data backup solutions. It leverages content-defined chunking for space-efficient storage, ensuring only changes are stored in subsequent backups. Borg supports compression and authenticated encryption for data confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity. Its performance-critical code is implemented in C/Cython for speed, and it offers local caching and quick unmodified file detection. The backup archives are mountable as userspace filesystems for easy examination and restoration. Borg is designed for cross-platform compatibility and is available as single-file binaries for various operating systems.

Features

BorgBackup's core features include deduplication based on content-defined chunking, minimizing storage requirements. It supports various compression algorithms (lz4, zstd, zlib, lzma) to optimize storage space and transfer times. Data encryption is performed client-side using strong encryption algorithms (AES-OCB or chacha20-poly1305), protecting data confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity. Borg also offers data obfuscation options to enhance security. It allows off-site backups via SSH, and provides the ability to mount backup archives as filesystems. The software is available as single-file binaries for wide platform compatibility.

Benefits

Space efficient storage through deduplication reduces storage needs and bandwidth usage. Fast backup and restore times are achieved through optimized code and local caching. Data encryption with 256-bit authenticated encryption ensures data confidentiality and integrity. Cross-platform compatibility allows using the same software across different operating systems. Easy to use interface simplifies the backup and restore process. Open Source nature provides transparency and community support. Mountable backup archives enable easy interactive examination and restoration of data.

Links

• Home: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg