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July 24, 2026
No Global Deduplication - and Why That Is the Point
File backups forced a choice between a chunk store and archives you can still open by hand. Here is what we picked, what it costs you in storage, and when you should use a different tool.
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July 10, 2026
Why We Built DBackup: No Vendor Lock-In by Design
Every DBackup backup is a standard database dump encrypted with open AES-256-GCM - here's why that matters and how the Recovery Kit works.
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July 1, 2026
Getting Started with DBackup in 5 Minutes
Spin up DBackup with a single docker-compose file and create your first encrypted backup job.
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