Synology NAS does not only provide premium data storage but also the backup solution for companies like Active Backup for Business. QNAP is another major NAS provider and is there an alternative backup solution like Synology Active Backup for Business?
Updated by Nick Zhao on 2023/05/30
With automation and digitization solutions adopted in companies, there is more and more data generated every day and companies often use NAS to save the data. Except for directly saving data, NAS is also used to backup data.
Both QNAP and Synology are popular enterprise NAS. Synology provides the internal solution Active Backup for Business to help users backup other devices but does QNAP has the same solution?
Synology Active Backup for Business is an application which can be directly downloaded from Package Center and you can use it to backup data of physical server, virtual machine, PC, file server, etc.
P.S. You might also want to backup Synology NAS itself and there is also an internal NAS backup solution. You can download Hyper Backup in Package Center to backup files and folders on Synology NAS.
Active Backup for Business is easy to use because every time you create a backup job, there will be a user-friendly wizard to help configure everything step by step.
Physical Server Backup: Both Windows server and Linux server (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RHEL, Fedora) are supported. Before you create backup jobs, you need to install an agent on every server. After that, you can create an automatic backup job for the physical server.
Virtual Machine Backup: It is only supported to backup VM on VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V VM. You don’t have to install an agent on the host, just add the host to Active Backup for Business and then select VMs on it to create a backup job.
PC/Mac Backup: All the staff’s PC and Mac can be backed up to Synology NAS with Active Backup for Business. Like physical server backup, you need to install an agent on it to connect it.
File Server Backup: To better protect and manage data on file server, you can directly add the file server (SMB/rsync server)to Active Backup for Business to make backup.
P.S. If you would like to backup one NAS to another, both Synology and QNAP will help you backup NAS to NAS.
QNAP is also a popular enterprise NAS but its backup solutions are a bit different. There is no one backup solution which provides all the features of Active Backup for Business but you can find its features in different solutions.
Generally speaking, you can use Hybrid Backup Sync, NetBak Replicator, and Hyper Data Protector on QNAP like using Active Backup for Business on Synology.
Hybrid Backup Sync: It is an application in QNAP App Center and will help you backup QNAP NAS, Windows server, file server, FTP server, etc. Also, it will lead you to create backup and restore jobs with wizards. It can also help backup QNAP NAS itself.
NetBak Replicator: You need to install it manually and then you can use it to backup Windows PC and Mac.
Hyper Data Protector: It is also an application in App Center which is used to backup VM. Like Synology Active Backup for Business, it also supports backing up VM on VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.
No matter Synology Active Backup for Business or QNAP Hybrid Backup Sync, NetBak Replicator, or Hyper Data Protector, they just provide internal backup solution, if you would like to have an all-in-one backup solution for all the servers, VMs, PC, NAS, file servers, etc. you can have a professional backup solution.
Companies’ IT environments are complicated. If every appliance is backed up by its internal backup solution, it will be difficult to backup all the appliances so an all-in-one backup solution is needed.
Vinchin Backup & Recovery is a professional backup solution for enterprise IT environments. To help take care of all the appliances, you can add Windows/Linux server, file server, virtual machine, database, NAS, etc. to the backup system to protect data in all the appliances.
Compared with Synology Active Backup for Business and QNAP Hyper Data Protector, Vinchin Backup & Recovery supports more virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer), XCP-ng, RHV, oVirt, OpenStack, Oracle Linux KVM, etc.
It will also help you manage heterogeneous virtual environment like moving VM between different virtualization platforms (V2V). (Hyper-V is not supported for now)
Instant Recovery will help you quickly recover a failed VM from its backup in 15 seconds, greatly reducing RTO. (Hyper-V is not supported for now)
A user-friendly web console will help you easily create backup and restore jobs with wizards.
Vinchin Backup & Recovery has been selected by thousands of companies and you can also start a 60-day full-featured free trial here. You can also contact us directly to leave your needs and then we will give you the proper solution according to your IT environment.
Synology Active Backup for Business is used to backup data on physical server, file server, virtual machine, database, PC, and Mac. If QNAP users want an internal backup solution like this, QNAP Hybrid Backup, Netbak Replicator, and Hyper Data Protector will cover most of the features of Active Backup for Business.
Companies have appliances and software from different vendors and if everything is backed up by the internal backup solutions, it will be time-consuming. You can use Vinchin Backup & Recovery to backup all the appliances and software in your IT environment. Don’t miss the free trial.
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