Synology Active Backup

Synology Active Backup is a line of technologies of local cloud solutions for data backup in a corporate computing environment.

2019: Active Backup for Business 2.1

On November 5, 2019 the company Synology released update for Active Backup for Business — integrated solution for backup which protects data the companies — thanks to backup support virtual machines Microsoft Hyper-V. Users with Synology NAS which support given application, can execute backup of an unlimited number computers under management Windows, physical servers, file servers and virtual machines, working on VMware and Hyper-V.

"Thanks to Hyper-V support the solution Active Backup for Business began to conform to requirements of the enterprises to backup in virtual environment even more. We will continue to increase quantity of supported platforms that the enterprises could execute effectively centralized backup of the distributed workloads, minimizing costs for protection of digital resources", 'Jenn Yeh, the product marketing manager of Synology company noted'

Key functions of the solution mentioned by the developer:

• Hyper-V support. Backup of the virtual machines working at Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 and 2019 without installation of agents of backup.
• Support of Windows Server 2019. Active Backup for Business 2.1 provides also support of data protection of the physical server of the latest version of Windows Server.
• The initiated event - start of backup for Windows PC. Problems of backup can be started by certain events, for example blocking of the screen of the computer, loading or leaving the system that provides data protection in any working scenarios.
• Flexible planning of backup. Support of setup of a window of backup for establishment of an available time frame for accomplishment of planned backup in hours of a minimum load.
• The simplified mass deployment for the PC running Windows. Using integration into Microsoft AD and the self-determined parameters, the administrator can install agents on the PC and configure automatic login for users in the background, simplifying thereby mass deployment for the enterprises.
• Recovery of volume manually. It is possible to select and recover a backup volume on any disk PC or the physical server at accomplishment of recovery of the platform without OS.

2018: Official release of Active Backup for Business, G Suite and Office 365

On October 9, 2018 Synology provided official release of applications for data backup: Active Backup for Business, Active Backup for G Suite and upgraded version of Active Backup for Office 365. Thus, the Synology company officially entered the market of backup applications for business. Now users can protect completely the workflows and data dispersed on physical servers, virtual machines, the PC and cloud services using NAS Synology without purchasing additional licenses.

Because of restrictions in the budget or the shortages of human resources the enterprises of the small and medium size often do not manage to construct the complete solution for reservation of data. Synology considers backup a necessary component of ensuring smooth operation. Thanks to the Active Backup tools we tried to propose to the companies simple and effective solution for backup and to completely protect workflows on physical servers, virtual machines and cloud services, preventing data loss. Jia-Yu Liu, director of group of applications of Synology Inc company

Active Backup for Business is the solution for support of recovery on naked iron for the PC and physical servers which will ensure functioning on the PC with OS Windows or Windows Server without considerable idle times^[1].

Basic functions of Active Backup for Business:

• protection of the personal computer and server: using the set agent of Active Backup users can protect data on the PCs from Windows and Windows Server OS, creating backup copies on the basis of instant pictures. Recovery on naked iron of the computer or physical server is supported;
• protection of virtual machines: the virtual machines and data which are stored on them will be protected without use of agents;
• increase in efficiency of backup: technology of global deduplication: optimization of disk space is reached due to deduplication of backup copies on devices, platforms and in historical versions;
• tracking of the changed blocks (CBT): Creation of incremental backup copies reduces amount of the spent time and the used disk space;
• flexible recovery: Support of recovery of separate files and complete recovery of the virtual machine on physical hosts or P2V (Physical-to-Virtual) using Synology Virtual Machine Manager (VMM);
• instant recovery in Synology VMM: Use of the existing infrastructure of Synology is suitable as the solution for disaster recovery or as a test environment for the issued solutions.

The packet of Active Backup Suite includes Active Backup for Office 365 offering tools for backup in public cloud services, and Active Backup for G Suite for protection of important these business users. At the same time administrators will be able to manage problems of backup on the centralized dashboard. During semi-annual beta testing we received a number of successful implementations in the existing IT infrastructure of the companies working in the field of health care, logistics and other industries.

2017: Active Backup for G Suite и Office 365

On October 11, 2017 the company Synology Inc. provided the products Active Backup for G Suite/Office 365, local cloud solutions for backup data.

It is supposed that at minimum flows these technologies will ensure data security on disks of the G Suite/Office 365 systems.

Active Backup for G Suite and Office 365 - two products of backup for protection of remote corporate data. They allow to execute backup of cloud data on local Synology NAS devices.

Main Functions

• Economic backup of local data:
  • by means of one-time investment of the organization can execute data backup from the disks G Suite and Office 365 on local Synology NAS devices for management and data protection of employees.

• Automatic detection and backup of accounts:
  • accounts will be automatically detected and be added for backup. Data protection of employees is provided to these and costs on management are reduced.

• Flexible target recovery points due to permanent data backup according to the schedule:
  • the politician of backup is provided with a set flexibility and range of recovery points. For example, continuous backup allows to execute permanent backup of user data for reduction of risk of their loss, and backup according to the schedule allows the organizations to configure schedules on the basis of requirements.

• Portal of independent recovery:
  • by means of the portal of independent recovery employees can independently recover files using the simple interface.

• Efficiency of backup and data storage:
  • creation of single copies guarantees efficiency of data transmission and storage for the transfer account and storages only of files with unique contents. Deduplication at the level of blocks helps the organizations to save more data on smaller space saving the changed blocks of files.

• Comprehensive protection of files:
  • in addition to user data, backup and recovery of metadata and separate settings of permissions to the general access can directly be executed in accounts of G Suite and Office 365.

Backup of the general disk: at backup the general disks which the Google company provided this year can be used.

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