Welcome to Bacsy’s documentation!

What is Bacsy?

Bacsy is a backup system (hence the name).

Essential points:

  • Distributed

    A device using Bacsy to backup its data will send the backups to other devices also running Bacsy.

  • Easy to add a new device

    In a default configuration, if you add a new device running Bacsy to your LAN, backups will automatically be stored on that device.

  • Redundant

    Backups will usually be stored on multiple devices.

  • Fast to setup ...

    A basic configuration should be quick to achieve

  • ... yet extremely adjustable

    A plethora of configuration options are available.

How does Bacsy work?

Bacsy is made up out of two components:
  • A Client

    The client generates backups and sends them to one or more servers.

  • A Server

    A server accepts and stores backups for one or more clients.

Most systems will have both a client and a server running. Systems that have no need to generate backups of their own (e.g. dedicated backup servers) will have only a server running.

Client

A client has a number of sources. Each source specifies what files should be backed up, how often they should be backed up, how important they are, etc.

When the client has a backup it needs stored, it will ask qualifying servers if they can store this backup. If the servers respond they can, the backup will be sent to them.

Server

A Bacsy server stores backups. Each server has one or more stores. A store is a location where backups can be stored, usually some directory on some drive. Backups will often be stored to multiple stores on the same server, for redundancy purposes.

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