Holland Backup

No phone app

5.9No. 16 of 24
in Database Backup Software
  • Recognised40% of the score54
  • Phone app26% of the score0
  • Documented20% of the score33
  • Free plan14% of the score30
Free plan
No
Runs on
Linux, self-hosted

Summary

Holland Backup is ranked #16 of 24 in database backup software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted.

Compared on database backup software

Point-in-time recovery
Yeshollandbackup.org
Deployment model
self_hostedhollandbackup.org
Supported databases
MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDBhollandbackup.org

Facts

Purpose
Holland is an open source backup framework originally developed by Rackspace, written in Python, and focused on backing up databases.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Plugin design
Its plugin structure lets users configure backups for different data sources, including sources beyond databases when a provider is available.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Database support
Documented providers include MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB backup tools.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Backup methods
Providers include mysqldump, MySQL with LVM snapshots, XtraBackup, pgdump, pg_basebackup, mariabackup, and mongodump.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Configuration
Users configure backup sets and providers separately, with backup set settings able to override provider defaults.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Compression
The mysqldump LVM provider documents gzip, bzip2, lzop, lzma, GPG, and zstd compression methods, among others.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Operations
The command line supports running backups, listing backups and installed plugins, generating configuration templates, and purging backups.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Retention
Backup set configuration includes a backups-to-keep option and purge policies.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Linux distributions
Installation instructions cover RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE, and Debian.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
Runtime requirement
The documentation lists Python 3.6 or later as a core dependency and says Python 2 support was removed in Holland 1.2.0.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
LVM constraint
The MySQL LVM provider requires the database to run on an LVM volume with space reserved for snapshots.docs.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026
License
The holland-core framework is licensed under the New-BSD three-clause license, while plugins may use their respective licenses.hollandbackup.org · 4 Oct 2026

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