Backup, Restore & Recovery

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) is a backup solution that allows the IT administrator to set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts over the network to tape drives/changers or disks or optical media.

Clonezilla is a Linux partition and disk imaging/cloning program that saves and restores only used blocks in a hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).

Cobian Reflector is a multi-threaded program that can schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or computer in your network.

PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files, including video, documents, and archives from hard drives, memory cards, USB drives, and lost pictures from digital camera memory.

Redo Rescue: Backup and Recovery is an open-source backup and disaster recovery software with a simple user interface and can run from CD or USB stick even if the system doesn't boot.

TestDisk is an open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. TestDisk can collect detailed information about a corrupted drive, which can then be sent to a technician for further analysis.