Next-generation disaster recovery solution designed to back up Windows and Linux servers.
Supporting all Windows Servers and Linux operating systems in both physical and virtual environments, Acronis Backup & Recovery ® 10 Advanced Server comes with centralized management capabilities and can scale to protect thousands of servers.
With the ability to simplify and standardize the recovery process, even into dissimilar hardware, Acronis Backup & Recovery ® 10 Advanced Server enables organizations to recover multiple servers concurrently without the need for highly skilled IT personnel, making quick recovery from major disasters possible.
The simple-to-understand user interface, logical workflow, and advanced tools deliver real cost savings and value to the organization so you can easily:
- Fast & SmartMinimize downtime and meet challenging RTOs
- SimpleStandardize backup and recovery into simple and logical processes
- SecureAchieve reliable restoration with enhanced archive validation and data encryption
- EasyFree IT personnel from performing repetitive tasks
What makes Acronis ® Backup & Recovery ™ Advanced Server the best choice for your business?
Engineered for both medium and large enterprises, Acronis ® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 for Server Advanced Edition provides organizations with advance data backup and system recovery capabilities, enabling organizations to simplify and standardize backup and recovery processes and meet challenging Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs).
- Storage and network savings through data deduplicationThe Acronis ® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Server has Deduplication option that provides affordable file- and block- level software deduplication functionality, helping organizations of all sizes to make a better use of their storage infrastructure and save costs.
- Reduce virtual server backup costsBack up and recover an unlimited number of virtual machines in VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels environments.
- Centralized management which improves IT productivityThe backup and recovery processes of all workstations and servers are carried out from a single location on the network includes a centralized dashboard to provide an overview of the configured and running operations on all systems, enhancing control and decision making.
- Enhanced support for virtual environmentsAcronis ® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition is a virtualization-centric solution to backup and recover VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels environments. It allows agent-less, VCB or agent-based backup and recovery of files, volumes, virtual disks and entire virtual machines, all from the centralized management console.
- Minimize downtime and meet challenging RTOsThe entire hard drive contents can be fully recovered in minutes, instead of hours or days including the operating system, applications and data.
- High performance and optimized backup across all major virtual machine platformsYou can protect your virtual data with one application. Achieve flexibility by moving systems between physical and virtual environments with ease. Unlimited migration licenses are included for moving from physical to virtual machines.
- Automate recovery with a simple, guided processAn intuitive interface makes it easy to install, quick to configure and deploy, and simple to use for both IT personnel and novices.
- High-level backup protection for mission-critical serversEnhanced archive validation, data encryption as well as dual-destination backup provide a high level of protection and security for the mission-critical server backups.
- Free IT personnel from repetitive tasksGrouping procedures enable policies and procedures to be implemented across a known range of systems, making it possible to carry out a mass recovery of many machines in minutes, rather than hours or days.
- Advanced encryption technology ensures data securityProvides extra layers of security to ensure that the backup data is protected.
- Recover an entire system, single file or folderAcronis image-based recoveries give you the granularity you need for any kind of recovery, putting you back in business in a hurry.
- MonitoringDashboard provides an overview of all configured and running operations, highlighting any processes that require attention.
- Acronis ® AdvantageSM support and maintenance programThe Acronis ® AdvantageSM program is an enhanced, multi-level subscription-based support and maintenance program. The first year of Acronis Advantage is included in the license price.
- Advanced scheduling capabilitiesBackups can be triggered based on preset events and conditions.
- ScalabilitySupport as many as thousands of machines, backing up to multiple storage nodes.
- Fast and easy recoveryOS, applications and all data can be fully recovered in minutes, instead of hours or days.
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 OverviewLearn about numerous solutions and various benefits of the new product line
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Key Features and Technologies
- Data Deduplication:
- File-and block-level deduplicationEliminates backup copies of the same data and delivers substantial storage cost savings.
- Storage and network savings through data deduplication The Acronis ® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Deduplication option provides affordable file- and block- level software deduplication functionality, helping organizations of all sizes to make a better use of their storage infrastructure and save costs.
- Acronis Startup Recovery ManagerIf your system won’t boot properly, press F11 during the system startup to start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.
- Bare-metal restoreRestore your server from scratch in the event of a hard disk failure restore an exact copy of your computer on a new hard drive.
- Remote restorePerform remote restores of your networked machines.
- Restore to dissimilar hardware-optionalWith Acronis ® Universal Restore ™ , migrate or restore the whole system to dissimilar hardware or a virtual machine.
- Compression Compress backups to optimize your storage space.
- Excluding files during backup Save storage space and time by excluding non-essential files and folders from backups.
- Dual destination backup Store backups into two different locations backup to a local disk and a copy to a network share.
- Automatic or manual splitting of backups Split backups into volumes to fit media.
- Automated deletion of outdated backups Specify rules to automatically delete backups that are no longer needed.
- Backup validation and consolidation by Acronis Storage Node Validation and consolidation can be performed by Acronis Storage Node to offload these resource-intensive operations from the production machine.
- Consolidating incremental or differential backups Consolidate incremental and differential backups to save space.
- Templates for backup rotation schemesAcronis Backup & Recovery 10 has a set of pre-defined industry-standard schemes like Grandfather-Father-Son or Tower-of-Hanoi.
- Pre/post commandsDefine pre/post backup and data capture commands to integrate Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 with other applications or to temporarily stop some.
- Event-based backupCreate backups triggered by various conditions a user logs on, a computer shuts down, or others.
- Conditions for backupConfigure backup operations to wait until specified conditions are met like a pre-defined time interval or a user logs off.
- Customizable backup schemeConfigure specific events and conditions for each task.
- Grouping machines into static or dynamic groups Put machines into nested groups, manually or by other criteria such as OS, IP range, or membership in an Active Directory.
- Policy-based managementApply backup policies to a machine or a group of machines.
- Wake-on-LAN supportIf a machine is off when a backup is scheduled to start, the machine can be powered on automatically with Wake-on-LAN functionality.
- Distributing backups within time intervalAvoid overloading networks by distributing backup activities within an allowed time window. Automatically shift task start times on each machine.
- Centralized dashboard Operational overview of all configured machines on a single screen.
- Shipping log events into centralized log See events from all managed machines in the Acronis Management Server log, even if the event is from a machine that is not available.
- User group to control remote accessAssign access to specific groups ensure only authorized groups can access machines remotely.
- Password-protection for Acronis ® Secure Zone ™ Protect your backups stored in Acronis ® Secure Zone ™ from unauthorized access.
- User group to allow centralized managementSet a security group that is allowed access to the Acronis Management Server.
- Encrypted network communicationsEnsure data is safe during backups across the network all remote communications are encrypted by default.
- Backup encryption by Acronis Storage NodeIn addition to client-side encryption, Acronis Storage Node can also centrally encrypt archives.
- Configurable portsAll port numbers used may be changed.
- Remote installation and configurationRemotely install clients and updates on your networked machines.
- No reboot during installation
- Command line with scripting support Execute tasks and create backups from a command-line interface.
- Centralized management console Centrally manage all operations from a single console on the network.
Acronis ® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Universal Restore ™
What happens when a system’s hardware fails or needs to be retired? How do you move the valuable applications and data to a new system or hardware after disaster strikes? How do you quickly restore a system after the hardware has changed?
Acronis solves this common issue with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore, a fully integrated module that restores servers or workstations to different hardware or to a virtual machine, providing highly flexible disaster recovery and migration options.
- Key benefits include:
- Recover — Recover a failed system to different hardware or a virtual serve in minutes only
- Clone and Clone and deploy — Clone and deploy operating systems with complete hardware independence
- Migrate — Complete physical-virtual, virtual-physical, physical-physical, or virtual-virtual migrations for system recovery, testing, and other purposes
- Cost Saving — with Acronis Universal Restore, purchase and maintain identical spare machines is not required anymore
System Requirements
- Hard disk drives
- Networked storage devices
- CD-R(W)
- DVD-RW, DVD+R(W)
- ZIP ® , Rev ® and other removable media
- P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA, SCSI, IEEE1394 (Firewire) and USB 1.1 / 2.0 drives, PC card storage devices.
- Tape drives and tape autoloaders*
* May require the implementation of Microsoft Removable Storage Management (RSM)
- Windows 2000 Server SP 4+
- Windows 2003 Server SP 2+ x32 and x64 Editions
- Windows 2008 Server SP2 x32 and x64 Editions
- Linux with kernel 2.4.18 or later (including 2.6.x kernels) and glibc 2.3.2
- FAT16/32
- NTFS
- Ext2/Ext3
- ReiserFS3/ReiserFS4
- XFS/JFS
- Linux SWAP
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