Bacula Enterprise Continuous Data Protection

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) also called continuous backup or real-time backup, refers to backup of Client data by automatically saving a copy of every change made to that data, essentially capturing every version of the data that the user saves. It allows the user or administrator to restore data to any point in time.

The CDP feature is composed of two components. A application (cdp-client or tray-monitor) that will monitor a set of directories configured by the user and a Bacula FileDaemon plugin responsible to secure the data on a Bacula infrastructure.

The user application (cdp-client or tray-monitor) is responsible to monitor files and directories. When a modification is detected, a copy of the new data is done into a spool directory. At a regular interval, a Bacula backup job will contact the FileDaemon and will save all the files archived by the cdp-client. The local data can be restored at any time without a network

• CDP Plugin Installation
• CDP Plugin Configuration

See also

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