Data Backup
Data is not only the core of any business but also the significant asset for general users. Important files — like your critical work documents or personal photos — deserve a great backup strategy to protect against unexpected hardware failure, natural disasters, or simple accidental deletion. Let DSM help with robust and flexible backup solutions.

Snapshot Replication
The ultimate disaster recovery solution for your business
Snapshot Replication provides schedulable, near-instantaneous data protection, ensuring business documents in shared folders, virtual machines in iSCSI LUNs, or Docker DSM data remain safe and available in the event of disaster.
Notes: Snapshot Replication for select models only.
Cloud Station
Desktop Backup For Windows, Mac, and other devices
Whether it's your collection of vacation photos or important business documents, it's always a good idea to back up files on your computer, so data is never lost due to hardware failure or other accidents. With the Cloud Station Backup application, Synology makes it even easier to back up files from your Windows or Mac OS X computer to Synology NAS.
Synology Hyper Backup
Your backup plan, stronger than ever
Backup always comes with a big challenge - how can an enterprise keep multiple versions of backups while minimizing storage consumption? To solve this dilemma, Synology Hyper Backup provides multi-version backup, while offering friendlier experience and more public cloud support.
How to choose between Snapshot Replication, Cloud Station, and Hyper Backup?
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Snapshot Replication |
Cloud Station |
Synology Hyper Backup |
Backup location |
- Local
- Remote Synology NAS
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- Local
- Remote Synology NAS
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- External drives
- Local shared folder
- Remote Synology Server
- rsync server
- Public clouds
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Backup topology |
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- NAS-to-NAS
- NAS-to-server
- NAS-to-cloud
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Usage |
Application-aware backup Back up files of various nature, including database and virtual machines
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PC backup Cross-platform file sharing and collaboration NAS-to-NAS realtime replication
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Archive data into multiple versions while minimizing storage resources. Back up data to the public cloud. Back up Synology applications including Photo Station, MariaDB, Surveillance Station, etc.
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Schedule |
Schedule
- Shared folders: up to every 5 min
- LUNs: up to every 15 min
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Realtime
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Schedule
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Versioning |
Yes
- Shared folders: up to 1024
- LUNs: up to 256
- Up to 65000 snapshots system-wise*
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Yes, up to 32 per file
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Yes, incremental forever
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Retention policy |
First-in-first-out or custom retention policy per shared folder/LUN
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First-in-first-out or Intelliversioning per file
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First-in-first-out or Smart Recycle per task
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What is backed up |
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- Shared folders
- System configurations
- Supported Synology apps
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Consistency |
Shared folder or LUN
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File-level
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File-level (shared folder level if on btrfs volume)
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Storage reduction technology |
- Shared folder: Btrfs snapshot
- LUN: Advanced file LUN
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- Synology Point Recovery (block-level file verisioning)
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Transferred data |
Changed blocks
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Modified bytes
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Deduped data chunks
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Transfer encryption |
Yes, SSL/TLS
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Yes, SSL/TLS
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Yes, SSL/TLS
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Data compression |
No
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No
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Yes
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Data encryption |
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- Client-side encryption
- Encrypted shared folder
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Recovery options |
- Single file recovery
- Point-in-time recovery
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- File-based version history
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- Single file recovery
- Point-in-time recovery
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Self-service recovery |
Yes, via web interface and Windows File Explorer
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Yes, via web interface and desktop app
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No
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Recovery speed |
Very fast
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Fast
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Moderate
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Required file system |
Btrfs
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Any file systems supported by Synology internal volume
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Any file systems supported by Synology internal volume
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Required hardware |
Synology NAS with Btrfs support
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Synology NAS running DSM 6.0 onwards
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Synology NAS running DSM 6.0 onwards
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TCO for creating local recovery points |
One Synology NAS with Btrfs support
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One Synology NAS
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One Synology NAS
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TCO for creating offsite backups |
Two Synology NAS with Btrfs support
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Two Synology NAS
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One Synology NAS plus another Synology NAS, rsync server or public cloud storage
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Strength |
- Fast backup and recovery
- Most frequent backups
- Low system resource impact during backup
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- Realtime difference replication
- Allows two-way sync
- Effective recovery points per file
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- Supports a variety of destinations
- Incremental forever
- Highest storage efficiency
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- * Refer to product specification for more details
Originalen članek se nahaja na strani: http://www.aceperipherals.com/2016/synology-data-backup-how-to-choose-between-snapshot-replication-cloud-station-and-hyper-backup
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