At TU Chemnitz, the University Computing Center (URZ) provides backup services for the university’s faculties and departments. Many research and administrative systems rely on Bareos to secure their data.
One important aspect in this environment is data protection. Before data leaves a server, it can be encrypted on the client side with a local key and certificate. This setup makes sure that only authorized users can decrypt the information, and even the backup server never sees the data as it is encrypted.
URZ offers different ways to back up your data and different options for how long you can keep it. This means that different departments can choose the storage options that best fit their workloads and storage quotas. If you need to, you can get your data back at any time using the URZ service.
Bareos is an open-source, client-server backup solution licensed under AGPLv3, and works on Linux, Windows, macOS and several Unix systems, so it’s great for mixed university environments. It also supports encrypted backups, multiple backup methods and defined storage periods. This helps universities like Chemnitz keep their data safe and get it back when they need it.
More information: TU Chemnitz