These programs can sync files on a schedule or watch your filesystem for changes and sync on-the-fly. GoodSync, Syncovery, or FreeFileSync for manual, scheduled, or quasi-continuout syncing of filesĪcross laptops, or between your home NAS and your laptops. QNAP also comes with some free backup software you could to back up your PC-s but.it doesn't compare to Macrium. QNAP NAS for backing up locally on your LANīut why stop there, set up some VM-s on it and have a home server, upgrade your home lab to 2,5 gigabit (they have 5 gigabit as well but trust me it just doesn't work.we're just not there yet). Backblaze as your cloud backup destinationīecause it's cheap, the pricing is simple & transparent, and it's easy to use.

Read my other post where I detail all the software I checked out! It's free and it's absolutely fantastic! It comes with a web-based UI, it's super fast, the recovery process is painless, and it has a lot of options such as email notifications/http ping/pre- post-exec scripts and so on. Duplicati for backing up Linux boxes to Cloud (or most other destinations) Well, there are issues sometime but nothing's perfect. I've also deployed it at all of my clients where we are backing up dozens of computers and it works mostly great. I personally got the workstation edition which comes with a free! central management console. It's a perpetual license and in this day of corporate greed lead by Adobe we should appreciate companies that still offer perpetually licensed products. The free edition is fine but I recommend forking over a few bucks and upgrading to paid. If you're in a hurry, just check out my top pics, which are: Macrium Reflect for backing up PC-s Read my dedicated post on Backing up a Headless Ubuntu Web Server (to Cloud & QNAP NAS) if you're a web dev without a plan B!

Macrium reflect google drive