A Linux-based network backup system for irreplaceable data files on many networked computers is inexpensive, reliable, easy to set up, trivial to expand and extremely practical.

A terabyte-plus backup and storage system is now an affordable option for Linux users. This article discusses options for building and configuring an inexpensive, expandable, Linux-based backup server ...

I'm using a BASH script to backup some user home directories to another machine. I'd like to keep 5 days worth of backups, and have the script automatically delete anything older than that (I do ...

Although data backup is a rather annoying task, it's nevertheless necessary. We present tools that make backups particularly convenient and secure.

CrashPlan is an automated backup system that does the job, but it's not without its pitfalls. The software offers a cross-platform backup solution that's reliably easy to use once you configure the ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of creating simple bash scripts to automate backing up your VirtualBox VMs.

You don’t have to be an avid distro hopper to appreciate the need for a simple and reliable “set it and forget it” backup solution. Desktop Linux provides an array of options on this front ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.