Acronis® Backup & Recovery 10 Family

Version Comparison

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

Backup Options

Block level image backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

File level backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Real-time backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Off-line backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis patented snapshot technology

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) support

YesYesYesYesYesYes

Multi-volume snapshots

YesYesYesYesYesYes

Full, incremental and differential backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Sector-by-sector backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Excluding files during backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Dual destination backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Compression

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Splitting backups (automatically or manually)

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Network Bandwidth/Disk Write speed throttling

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Recovery Options

Acronis Bootable Media based on Linux kernel

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Bootable Media based on WinPE or BartPE

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Bare-metal restore

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Universal Restore (Restore to Dissimilar Hardware)

OptionYesOption YesOptionOption

Change SID after restore

YesYesYes YesYesYes

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

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Restore specific files/folders from disk image backup

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Mount images in read/write mode

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Disk Director light version

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Dynamic disk support (LVM or LDM)

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Support for multiple NICs in Acronis Bootable Media

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

RIS Server support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Remote restore

YesYes YesYes

Virtualization Support

Convert image backup to a virtual machine

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Agent-less backup through VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Backup/restore from host

Yes

Manage virtual machines protection with policies

Yes

Install Agent on unlimited number of virtual machines

Yes

Backup Management

Advanced backup scheduling

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Event-based backup

YesYesYesPartiallyYesYesYes

Conditions for backup

YesYesYesPartiallyYesYesYes

Templates for backup rotation schemes

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Customizable backup scheme

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Automatic retry in case of non-fatal failure

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Pre/post commands

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Centralized Management

Centralized management

YesYes YesYes

Grouping machines into static or dynamic groups

YesYes YesYes

Policy-based management

YesYes YesYes

Centralized list of vaults

YesYes YesYes

License Server

YesYes YesYes

Wake-on-LAN support

YesYes YesYes

Distributing backups within time interval

YesYes YesYes

Importing machines from text file

YesYes YesYes

Importing machines from AD

YesYes YesYes

Acronis PXE Server

YesYes YesYes

Group Policy Administrative Template for configuring Agents

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Reporting and Monitoring

Local dashboard

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Centralized dashboard

YesYes YesYes

Notifications via e-mail or SNMP

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Logs

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Recording events in Windows Event Log

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Consolidating log events into centralized log

YesYes YesYes

Backup Administration

Organizing backups into vaults

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Browsing archives from the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 console

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Browsing archives from Windows Explorer

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Automated deletion of outdated backups

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Manual or scheduled backup validation

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Consolidating incremental or differential backups

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Backup validation by Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

Backup consolidation by Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

Avoid data loss when the Acronis Storage Node is lost

YesYes YesYes

Deployment and Upgrade Options

No reboot during installation

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Remote installation and configuration

YesYes YesYes

Upgrade path from Acronis True Image Echo

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Restore from old Acronis True Image archive format

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

User Interface

Local management console

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Centralized management console

YesYes YesYes

Command line with scripting support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Security

User group to control remote access

YesYesYes YesYesYes

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

Yes

User group to allow centralized management

YesYes YesYes

Single sign-on

YesYesYes YesYesYes

Encrypted network communications

YesYes YesYes

Password-protection for Acronis Secure Zone

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Encrypted backup images

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Backup encryption by Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

Configurable ports

YesYes YesYes

Storage Options

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

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Secure Zone® partition for local restore capability

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Acronis Storage Node

YesYes YesYes

Tape

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

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

OptionOption OptionOption

Supported operating systems and platforms

x86 platform support

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

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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