SnapRAID
Parity-based backup for disk arrays of large files
SnapRAID is a backup program for disk arrays that protects against drive failure using parity files. It is popular for home media servers where data changes infrequently.
Key features
- Parity-based protection
- Recovers failed disks
- Works with mixed disks
- No striping required
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Active community (2.6k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
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