ARECA BACKUP

Backup Engine Features :

• Archives compression (Zip & Zip64 format)
• Archives encryption (Triple DES & AES encryption algorithm)
• Storage on local hard drive, network drive, USB key, FTP / FTPs server (with implicit and explicit SSL / TLS)
• Source file filters (by extension, subdirectory, regular expression, size, date, status, with AND/OR operators)
• Incremental, differential and full backup support
• Archives merges / deletion : You can merge contiguous archives in one single archive or safely delete your latest archives.
• As of date recovery : Areca allows you to recover your archives (or single files) as of a specific date.
• Transaction mechanism : All critical processes (such as backups or merges) support a transaction mechanism (with commit / rollback management) which guarantees your backups' integrity.
• Backup reports : Areca generates backup reports that can be stored on your disk or sent by email.
• Post backup scripts : Areca can launch shell scripts after backup.
• Files permissions and symbolic links backup. (Linux only)
• Support for delta backup (store only the modified parts of the files - not the whole files)

Graphical User Interface :

• Archives content explorer. (including a 'find file in archives' feature)
• Archive description : A manifest is associated to each archive, which contains various information such as author, title, date, description, and some technical data.
• File history explorer : Areca keeps track of your file's history (creation / modifications / deletion) over your archives.
• Backup simulation : useful to check whether a backup is necessary
• User's actions history : Areca keeps an history of all user's actions (archives deletion, merges, backups, recoveries).

Command-Line Interface :