Point-in-Time Recovery Without the Enterprise Price Tag

Short summary

HuskHoard is an open-source data-tiering archive for Linux that provides point-in-time recovery (PITR) as a first-class feature under AGPL v3, offering a free alternative to expensive enterprise solutions like Veeam and Commvault. The article explains how HuskHoard's append-only, tape-inspired architecture enables file-level versioning for free — old payloads remain untouched when new versions are appended. The catalog engine tracks byte offsets across disk, LTO tape, and S3, allowing granular rollback of individual files without restoring entire backup sets.

• •HuskHoard ships PITR natively via append-only writes, making versioning a free byproduct of its architecture
• •The catalog tracks file_path, version, tape_uuid, and byte offset for precise single-file rollback
• •Distinguishes backup (full redundancy) from versioning (granular rollback) and recommends using both

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