$ ira backup /var/www
Scanning directory structure...
Found 1,523 files (2.1 GB)
Creating incremental backup...
✓ Backup completed in 47s
✓ Compression ratio: 68%
✓ Verified backup integrity
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Lightning-fast incremental backups for your production servers
Only backup what changed, saving time and storage space
Advanced LZ4 compression with optional ZSTD support
SHA-256 verification and automatic corruption detection
Minimal CPU and memory footprint during backups
# Install via package manager
$ curl -sSL https://drivesensei.io/ira/install.sh | bash
Installing IRA v2.4.0...
✓ Installation complete
# Verify installation
$ ira --version
IRA v2.4.0
$ ira backup /path/to/source --dest /backup
$ ira backup --config prod.yaml # Using config file$ ira restore /backup/latest --target /restore
$ ira restore --snapshot 2024-03-10-1420$ ira list
$ ira list --before 2024-03-10 --after 2024-03-01| Feature | IRA | rsync | tar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incremental Backups | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Compression | LZ4/ZSTD | ✗ | gzip |
| Integrity Verification | SHA-256 | ✗ | ✗ |
| Resource Usage | Very Low | Low | High |
| Deduplication built-in | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |