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| ubuntu:backups:backup_using_fsarchiver [2023/07/17 13:41] – created peter | ubuntu:backups:backup_using_fsarchiver [2023/07/17 13:42] (current) – peter |
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| The following features have already been implemented in the current version: | The following features have already been implemented in the current version: |
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| • Support for basic file attributes (permissions, ownership, ...) | * Support for basic file attributes (permissions, ownership, ...) |
| • Support for multiple file-systems per archive | * Support for multiple file-systems per archive |
| • Support for extended attributes (they are used by SELinux) | * Support for extended attributes (they are used by SELinux) |
| • Support the basic file-system attributes (label, uuid, block-size) for all linux file-systems | * Support the basic file-system attributes (label, uuid, block-size) for all linux file-systems |
| • Experimental support for ntfs filesystems (ability to create flexible clones of windows partitions) | * Experimental support for ntfs filesystems (ability to create flexible clones of windows partitions) |
| • Checksumming of everything which is written in the archive (headers, data blocks, whole files) | * Checksumming of everything which is written in the archive (headers, data blocks, whole files) |
| • Ability to restore an archive which is corrupt (it will just skip the current file) | * Ability to restore an archive which is corrupt (it will just skip the current file) |
| • Multi-threaded lzo, gzip, bzip2, lzma/xz compression: if you have a dual-core / quad-core it will use all the power of your cpu | * Multi-threaded lzo, gzip, bzip2, lzma/xz compression: if you have a dual-core / quad-core it will use all the power of your cpu |
| • Lzma/xz compression (slow but very efficient algorithm) to make your archive smaller. | * Lzma/xz compression (slow but very efficient algorithm) to make your archive smaller. |
| • Support for splitting large archives into several files with a fixed maximum size | * Support for splitting large archives into several files with a fixed maximum size |
| • Encryption of the archive using a password. Based on blowfish from libgcrypt | * Encryption of the archive using a password. Based on blowfish from libgcrypt |
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| ===== Limitations ===== | ===== Limitations ===== |
