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We have a few windows servers a few linux - a few physical, but recently got a decently beefy vmware server and are running a handful of things on there. &nbsp; We currently use Acronis but it is TERRIBLE... &nbsp;mindbogglingly bad. &nbsp;totally unreliable.... not even reliable to tell you when it's failing... it will have a nice big green &quot;OK&quot; next to servers that are NOT backed up.... sorry /rant.....<br />
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I want something RELIABLE... I want to set up the backups, and be able to rely they will happen or I will be notified, and preferably I dont have to intervene and have support try to fix things for hours every couple months.
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We have a few windows servers a few linux - a few physical, but recently got a decently beefy vmware server and are running a handful of things on there.   We currently use Acronis but it is TERRIBLE...  mindbogglingly bad.  totally unreliable.... not even reliable to tell you when it's failing... it will have a nice big green "OK" next to servers that are NOT backed up.... sorry /rant.....

I want something RELIABLE... I want to set up the backups, and be able to rely they will happen or I will be notified, and preferably I dont have to intervene and have support try to fix things for hours every couple months.

backup software suggestions?

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

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Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

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The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.