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Parted Magic vs rdiff-backup

A side-by-side look at Parted Magic and rdiff-backup. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Parted Magic

Parted Magic

Os & Utilities

Parted Magic is a lightweight Linux-based operating system focused on disk partitioning and data rescue. It includes a variety of tools for tasks like partitioning drives, recovering deleted files, testing hardware, and more. Parted Magic runs entirely from RAM for speed and supports a wide range of file systems.

partitioningdata-recoveryhardware-testing
rdiff-backup

rdiff-backup

Backup & Sync

rdiff-backup is an open source utility that backs up one directory to another, storing incremental differences instead of full file copies to save space. It supports remoting backups over a network.

open-sourceincrementalbackuputilitydirectorynetworkremote