lvm2 vs TimeShift

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Mirror of upstream LVM2 repository (by lvmteam)

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System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB. (by teejee2008)

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1	Mentions	142
117	Stars	4,441
4.3%	Growth	-
8.8	Activity	4.7
2 days ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C	Language	Vala
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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lvm2

Posts with mentions or reviews of lvm2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Good start to a homelab?
1 project | /r/homelab | 11 Jul 2023

This is an incredibly high performance setup. But it can only get full data integrity checksums / bitrot protection with some more intensive workarounds with custom patched LVM installs to allow early release features. More info toward the bottom of this thread: https://github.com/lvmteam/lvm2/issues/92

TimeShift

Posts with mentions or reviews of TimeShift. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-27.

Need a way to use BTRFS snapshots for system backups? Use BTRFS assistant, not Timeshift!
1 project | /r/Fedora | 11 Jul 2023

The previous developer of timeshift—Tony George (GitHub) — has been the developer since 2017 (based on GitHub version history), and has recently handed off development to the Linux Mint team.
How do you do backups of your drives?
1 project | /r/pop_os | 26 May 2023

I use both timeshift & duplicity
Timeshift - User Home Directories, Exclude All Files or Include All Files?
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 15 May 2023

Don't believe me or u/acejavelin69 - read what the developer has to say about user data and why it is disabled by default. https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift
Mysterious Timeshift update
2 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 27 Mar 2023

Version v22.06.6 Latest
set up timeshift on fedora 37
1 project | /r/Fedora | 23 Dec 2022

The original dev used ubuntu and only wanted to support the default ubuntu layout: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/821
System backup software question.
1 project | /r/Fedora | 16 Nov 2022

What system backup software can you recommend? In the past on Ubuntu I tested Timeshift, and it looks really cool. But the "main problem" is thing, that some options not work in Fedora: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift, specifically BTRFS. What does it mean, this is a problem?
Backup solution before system upgrade to Fedora 37
1 project | /r/Fedora | 13 Nov 2022

- [Timeshift](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) or [Deja Dup](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DejaDup) and back-up everything.
How to include /root and /home/user in timeshift snapshots
3 projects | /r/sysadmin | 11 Nov 2022

What I tried is to add "exclude" : [ "+ /home/user1/**", "+ /root/**", "+ /home/user2/**", ], to /etc/timeshift.json as per this post but the files within those folders still aren't included in the backup.
Ubuntu 22.10 Timeshift
1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 30 Oct 2022

Releases · teejee2008/timeshift Was fixed. Get PPA from that repo to have the latest release.
Best configuration for bare hypervisor distro FOR DESKTOP VMs
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 30 Oct 2022

Are you sure you need a full on virtual machine, rather than a system snapshotting tool like Snapper or Timeshift?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lvm2 and TimeShift you can also consider the following projects:

UrBackup - UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux

Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back

Backup - Easy full stack backup operations on UNIX-like systems.

snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications

Rsnapshot - a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss)

BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

Lsyncd - Lsyncd (Live Syncing Daemon) synchronizes local directories with remote targets

Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

Attic - Deduplicating backup program

restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program