Acronis® Backup & Recovery 10 Family

Version Comparison

Compare Product Specs Acronis® Backup & Recovery 10 Family
Acronis Backup & Recovery Advanced ServerAcronis Backup & Recovery Advanced Server Virtual Edition Acronis Backup & Recovery Server for WindowsAcronis Backup & Recovery Server for Linux Acronis Backup & Recovery Advanced Server SBS EditionAcronis Backup & Recovery Advanced WorkstationAcronis Backup & Recovery Workstation

Backup Options

Create an overall backup copy of your machine, including operating system, applications, user settings and data.

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Block level image backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Backup only selected files/folders.

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File level backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Backup your system or specific files without interrupting your work

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Real-time backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Backup your system or specific files from Acronis Rescue Media

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Off-line backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis patented snapshot technology allows you to ensure data consistency even when backing up operation system without affecting operations. It allows to backup files currently opened by applications.

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Acronis patented snapshot technology

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Back up your mission-critical VSS-aware applications, such as Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft SQL Server, on a live server without taking them offline.

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Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) support

YesYesYesYesYesYes

Create a consistent snapshot of several volumes at once.

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Multi-volume snapshots

YesYesYesYesYesYes

Incremental Backup is a backup containing all changes made to your system since the previous Backup; Differential Backup contains all changes made since the previous Full Backup

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Full, incremental and differential backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Stores exact copy of a disk or volume, sector-by-sector, including unused space.

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Sector-by-sector backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Exclude files from backups by specifying file mask or by pointing at some concrete files or folders.

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Excluding files during backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Store backups into two different locations, for example backup to Acronis Secure Zone®or local disk, and that copy backup to a network share

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Dual destination backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Compress backups to optimize your storage space.

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Compression

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Split backups into volumes to fit media.

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Splitting backups (automatically or manually)

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Limit impact on a disk or network by limiting bandwidth that is allowed to be used by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

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Network Bandwidth/Disk Write speed throttling

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Recovery Options

Use Acronis Bootable Media Builder to create bootable media to be used in a case of emergency.

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Acronis Bootable Media based on Linux kernel

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Use Acronis WinPE ISO Builder or a dedicated plug-in to run Acronis Backup & Recovery under WinPE and BartPE.

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Acronis Bootable Media based on WinPE or BartPE

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Press F11 during system startup to start Acronis Backup & Recovery if your system doesn't boot.

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Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Restore your server or desktop from scratch in case of a hard disk failure - recover your backup to a new hard drive.

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Bare-metal restore

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Migrate or Restore the whole system to a dissimilar hardware or a virtual environment.

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Acronis Universal Restore (Restore to Dissimilar Hardware)

OptionYesOption YesOptionOption

Change the SID over to a new machine after a system restore.

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Change SID after restore

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Boot a crashed system in seconds with the restore process being conducted in the background.

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Acronis Active Restore (boot from an image) for priority application restore

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Restore only the required files from any backup.

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Restore specific files/folders from disk image backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Mount disk/partition backup as a virtual disk.

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Mount images in read/write mode

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Integrated Acronis Disk Director Light provides disk management, both in OS and under Acronis Bootable Media.

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Acronis Disk Director light version

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Manage, backup and restore your LDM disks, backup and restore LVM disks.

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Dynamic disk support (LVM or LDM)

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Configure multiple NICs to be used under Acronis Bootable Media.

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Support for multiple NICs in Acronis Bootable Media

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Upload bootable components to RIS Server and boot your networked machines to the recovery environment.

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RIS Server support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Remotely restore a networked machine.

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Remote restore

YesYes YesYes

Virtualization Support

Recover a disk (volume) backup to a new virtual machine of any of the following types: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Parallels Workstation or Citrix XenServer virtual appliance.

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Convert image backup to a virtual machine

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Backup a virtual machine from ESX Server by mounting it with VMware Consolidated Backup via pre/post.

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Agent-less backup through VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Allows backup and restore of virtual machines without installing an agent on each individual machine.

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Backup/restore from host

Yes

Centrally managed protection of virtual machines, similar to the way you manage protection of physical machines, including grouping and policy-based management.

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Manage virtual machines protection with policies

Yes

License allows installing agents on one physical and unlimited number of virtual machines, providing that they all reside on the same physical machine.

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Install Agent on unlimited number of virtual machines

Yes

Backup Management

Schedule your Backup Operations so that they run automatically without interrupting your work.

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Advanced backup scheduling

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Create backup triggered by various conditions such as user log on, computer shut down, event in Windows event log and many others.

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Event-based backup

YesYesYesPartiallyYesYesYes

Configure backup to wait until specified conditions are met like pre-defined time interval, user is logged off, destination is accessible and many others.

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Conditions for backup

YesYesYesPartiallyYesYesYes

A set of pre-defined industry-standard schemes like Grandfather-Father-Son or Tower-of-Hanoi.

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Templates for backup rotation schemes

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Configure specific events and conditions for each task to suit any need and create scheme of any complexity.

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Customizable backup scheme

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

If a task fails, it will automatically retry in a configured time interval.

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Automatic retry in case of non-fatal failure

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Define pre/post backup and data capture command to integrate Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 with other applications, or to temporary stop some applications/services during data capture or during backup.

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Pre/post commands

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Centralized Management

Perform and control all operations on a registered machine from a single Acronis Management Server GUI.

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Centralized management

YesYes YesYes

Put machines into nested groups, manually or according to some criteria including OS, IP range or membership in AD Organization Unit.

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Grouping machines into static or dynamic groups

YesYes YesYes

Apply backup policy to a machine or a group of machines.

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Policy-based management

YesYes YesYes

Create a centralized list of vaults that will be visible to all machines registered in Acronis Management Server.

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Centralized list of vaults

YesYes YesYes

Manage your Acronis licenses with the License Server.

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License Server

YesYes YesYes

If a machine is powered off when backup is scheduled to start, it can be automatically powered on with Wake-on-LAN functionality.

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Wake-on-LAN support

YesYes YesYes

Avoid overloading networks by distributing backup activities within allowed time window. It automatically shifts task start time on each machine.

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Distributing backups within time interval

YesYes YesYes

Add machine to Acronis Management Server from a text file.

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Importing machines from text file

YesYes YesYes

Add machine to Acronis Management Server from Active Directory.

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Importing machines from AD

YesYes YesYes

Boot directly from Acronis PXE Server instead of creating Bootable Media.

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Acronis PXE Server

YesYes YesYes

Change agent settings with the help of shipped Administrative Template.

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Group Policy Administrative Template for configuring Agents

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Reporting and Monitoring

Operational overview of one machine on a single screen.

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Local dashboard

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Operational overview of all machines on a single screen.

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Centralized dashboard

YesYes YesYes

Get notifications upon task completion or failure.

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Notifications via e-mail or SNMP

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

See operations history in Acronis Backup & Recovery Agent's log.

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Logs

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Store Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 events in Windows Event Logs together with events from other applications. This allows for integration with system management tools like MOM.

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Recording events in Windows Event Log

YesYesYes YesYesYes

See all events in AMS log, even if machine event is from a system that is not currently available.

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Consolidating log events into centralized log

YesYes YesYes

Backup Administration

Backups are stored in vaults that can be managed from the Acronis Backup & Recovery GUI.

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Organizing backups into vaults

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

View archive, backups inside archives and their content right from the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 GUI.

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Browsing archives from the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 console

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

View archives and their content from Windows Explorer.

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Browsing archives from Windows Explorer

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Specify rules to automatically delete backups that are no longer needed.

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Automated deletion of outdated backups

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Ensure that backups are still valid and readable. Validation can run both manually or be scheduled.

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Manual or scheduled backup validation

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Consolidate incremental and differential backups to save space (performed automatically when deleting backups).

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Consolidating incremental or differential backups

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Validation can be performed by Acronis Storage Node to offload this resource-intensive operations from production machine.

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Backup validation by Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

Consolidation can be performed by Acronis Storage Node to offload this resource-intensive operations from production machines.

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Backup consolidation by Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

If Acronis Storage Node is lost but if the vault, where the archives are stored, remain, data can still be restored by attaching the vault to another Acronis Storage Node.

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Avoid data loss when the Acronis Storage Node is lost

YesYes YesYes

Deployment and Upgrade Options

Installation does not require reboot.

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No reboot during installation

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Remotely install clients and updates on your networked machines.

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Remote installation and configuration

YesYes YesYes

A set of tools and instructions that simplify upgrade from Acronis True Image Echo.

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Upgrade path from Acronis True Image Echo

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 can restore from previous versions of Acronis True Image archive format.

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Restore from old Acronis True Image archive format

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

User Interface

Acronis GUI is intuitive, making Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 easy to install, quick to configure and deploy, and simple to use.

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Local management console

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Manage centrally all operations from a single console anywhere on the network, using an intuitive GUI.

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Centralized management console

YesYes YesYes

Execute tasks and create backups from a command-line interface.

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Command line with scripting support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Security

Control who has access to a machine remotely.

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User group to control remote access

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Configure PAM security policy to allow remote access for non-admin users.

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Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) security policy to allow remote access

Yes

Only members of a special security group can connect to AMS and manage all machines from there.

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User group to allow centralized management

YesYes YesYes

Assign a single login and password to an administrator. Eliminates the need for multiple logons and passwords for different functions and tools in ABR10.

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Single sign-on

YesYesYes YesYesYes

All remote communications are encrypted by default.

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Encrypted network communications

YesYes YesYes

Protect your backups stored in Acronis Secure Zone from unauthorized access.

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Password-protection for Acronis Secure Zone

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Encrypt your backups using industry-standard 256-bit AES algorithm to ensure data security.

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Encrypted backup images

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

In addition to client-side encryption, Acronis Storage Node can also centrally encrypt archives.

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Backup encryption by Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

All port numbers used may be changed.

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Configurable ports

YesYes YesYes

Storage Options

Save backup files to a variety of locations.

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DAS, SAN, NAS, RAID, network drives, FTP, USB and IEEE-1394 (FireWire) storage devices, CDs, DVDs, and removable drives

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Secure Zone® is a partition on your hard drive, accessed through Acronis wizards only.

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Acronis Secure Zone® partition for local restore capability

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Optimize the usage of storage resources and offload operations of production servers in your network by storing backups on the Acronis Storage Node.

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Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

Store backups on tape.

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Tape

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

If tape library or autoloader is connected via Acronis Storage Node, full robotics is supported allowing for lights-off operations.

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Support for tape robotics

YesYes YesYes

Deduplication

File level deduplication

OptionOption OptionOption

Block level deduplication

OptionOption OptionOption

Selective source level deduplication

OptionOption OptionOption

"At target" deduplication

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Supported operating systems and platforms

x86 platform support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

When installed on x64 machine, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 runs in WoW32 mode.

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x64 platform support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Client Windows operating systems:
Windows 2000 Professional SP4+
Windows XP Professional SP2+
Windows Vista

YesYesYes YesYes

Server Windows operating systems:
Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server SP4+
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008

YesYesYes

Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
Windows Small Business Server 2008

YesYesYes Yes

Linux: kernel 2.4.20 and above (incl. 2.6)

YesYes Yes
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