New major release 17.2 of Bareos – Open Source Backup – published

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 20, 2017

New release of the open source backup solution Bareos published: The new major release is published. Especially users with large environments will benefit from faster backups. Also new is the NDMP 2-Way-backup support as well as centralized and de-centralized backups in distributed networks. About Bareos: Bareos (Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced) is a reliable network open source software to backup, archive and restore files from all major operating systems. The fork was founded 2010 out of the bacula.org project, in order to pursue development of new capabilities and sustainable ensure it’s open source character. Today Bareos comes with a new multi-lingual and multi-tenancy web ui including restore browser, LTO hardware encryption support, bandwidth limitation, cloud storage support, a redesigned plugin interface, among other new features. The source code is available on Github and is licensed with AGPLv3. There are ready to install repositories for all major Linux distributions, MacOS and Windows installer packages. Today Bareos is the only 100% open source backup solution with professional subscription and support services.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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