Obnam

Obnam
Developer(s) Lars Wirzenius
Stable release 1.9 / March 22, 2015
Development status active
Operating system Linux
Type Backup software
License GPL
Website obnam.org

"Obnam" is an FOSS backup software.

Based on its official site's[1] FAQ page, "Obnam" is an acronym that stands for: OBligatory NAMe

The most important features are:

  1. Easy usage
  2. Snapshot backups
  3. Data de-duplication, across files, and backup generations
  4. Encrypted backups
  5. Supports both PUSH (i.e. Run on the client) and PULL (i.e. Run on the server) methods

See also

List of backup software

References

  1. http://obnam.org/faq/