Synology Active Backup for Business

Synology Active Backup for Business is a versatile and feature-rich solution designed to meet the diverse backup needs of businesses. ABB is a powerful and flexible data protection solution that can help businesses of all sizes protect their data from loss. It is especially well-suited for businesses that use Synology NAS devices.

Let’s explore its key features and benefits:

1. Centralized Management: Active Backup for Business provides a centralized management interface, allowing administrators to oversee backup tasks, schedules, and policies for various devices and platforms from a single dashboard. This simplifies the management of complex backup environments.
2. Versatile Data Sources: It supports a wide range of data sources, including Windows and Linux servers, virtual machines (VMs), Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace. This flexibility ensures that all critical data is protected, regardless of its source.
3. Agentless Backup: Active Backup for Business employs agentless backup technology for virtual machines, eliminating the need to install backup agents on individual VMs. This reduces overhead and simplifies backup deployment.
4. Versioning and Snapshot: The solution offers advanced versioning and snapshot capabilities, allowing organizations to store multiple versions of files and recover data from specific points in time. This ensures data integrity and provides multiple recovery options.
5. Granular Recovery: Administrators can perform granular recovery of files, folders, emails, and even entire virtual machines. This feature is essential for quickly restoring specific data without the need for full system recoveries.
6. Ransomware Protection: Active Backup for Business includes built-in ransomware protection mechanisms, such as anomaly detection and data integrity verification. These features help detect and mitigate ransomware attacks, preventing data loss and extortion attempts.
7. Offsite and Cloud Backup: To enhance data resilience, the solution supports offsite and cloud backup options. Data can be replicated to remote Synology NAS devices or cloud storage services, ensuring data redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.
8. Incremental Backup: The solution performs incremental backups, reducing the amount of data transferred and optimizing storage utilization. This results in faster backups and lower storage costs.