Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Server for Linux
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Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 Server for Linux vs Advanced Server for Linux Review
Introduction
Acronis is one of the best-known brands in the field of disaster recovery, data backups and migration utilities. Their Backup and Recovery products enjoy widespread use and a good reputation for reliability and ease of implementation. Acronis provides solutions for companies utilizing a variety of different platforms, including both Windows and its open-source rival, Linux.
Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 Server and Acronis Backup and Recovery v11.5 Advanced Server are two closely-related products from software vendor and backup solution provider Acronis. They chiefly differ in that Backup and Recovery Server is intended for use by small businesses, while Backup and Recovery Advanced Server is aimed at midsize enterprises.
About Backup and Recovery 11.5 Server for Linux
This version of Acronis Backup and Recovery is optimized for use by startups, microenterprises and small businesses who do not have the resources to support an internal IT department. The developers have worked on the assumption that the end user will have few or no dedicated IT staff; and that therefore there is no need for centralized management.
Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 Server for Linux interface
Shared Features
Some features are relevant to the needs of any enterprise, regardless of the structure or the size. These are shared across both products, ensuring that small and large companies are equally well-served in terms of data protection. These shared features include:
- Virtual imaging: both versions of Backup & Recovery create a virtual image of a computer system, complete with the OS, settings, software installations, file structure and so on
- Support for "bare metal" recovery. This means that in the even of some critical problem with a particular computer system, the entire system can be rebuilt more-or-less exactly as it was using the aforementioned virtual image. The system can be restored on the same computer, on a different physical unit or even on a virtual machine running on the cloud. Read more about Acronis Cloud.
- Granular recovery: this means that as well as reconstituting entire systems, it's possible to use Backup and Recovery to retrieve individual files and folders.
Key Distinctions
The main distinctions between the two products revolve around the provision of centralized management for the Advanced version. This offers various aids to companies needing to maintain centralized management for backups and disaster recovery. Among these are
- Centralized Backups: backups for all machines and systems are handled from a single console
- License Server: this allows you to store all of your software keys on a single server, ensuring that you'll always know how many are left and which license is assigned to which machine
- Acronis Management Server: the Advanced version includes the means to add machines - hardware and virtual - to the Acronis Management Server. It also grants IT departments a central console from which to control all operations.
Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 Advanced Server for Linux interface
Conclusion
In conclusion, both products offer an array of useful features which can assist in maintaining effective backups; restoring lost files or whole systems; and in migrating systems from one platform to another (for example, migrating from hardware to the cloud). Only the Advanced version offers the tools and interfaces that an IT department needs to function as a management hub in the context of a Backup and Recovery deployment.
Key Takeaway
- Virtual images allow speedy recover
- Backup and Recovery can assist with migration
- The Advanced version offers centralized management tools
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