Acronis True Image Evaluation
How is R1Soft Different from Acronis True Image
Technology Comparison
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server |
R1Soft CDP |
|
---|---|---|
Backup Software Technology Category |
Online | Continuous Data Protection |
Backup Method Used |
Incremental |
Virtual Full |
Data Lost In Disaster |
Days |
Minutes |
File or Block Level |
Block Level |
Block Level |
Method for Computing Deltas |
Check Sums |
CDP |
Backup Window Length |
Hours or Days |
Minutes when CDP is in Sync |
Online Backup (Snapshots) |
Yes Integral Part of the Product | Yes Integral Part of the Product |
Bare-Metal Restore |
Yes |
Yes |
Backup Window Critical Path |
= Time to Read All Data from Disks (needed to compute checksums) |
= Only Time to Read Deltas |
Core Technological Concept |
System images Bare-metal emergency restore Migrate systems to new hardware Home PC Users Office Server or PC Administrator Single User |
Minimal Backup Window Little or No Load on Production Server Virtual Full Backups Continuous Data Protection Proprietary Device Drivers Web Interface Easy of Deployment Manageability Data Centers Multi-User |
Linux Server Data Protection
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server | R1Soft CDP | |
---|---|---|
Easy To Use Web Interface |
No |
Yes |
Point-in-Time Snapshots |
Yes |
Yes |
Bare-Metal Restore |
Yes (limited) |
Yes |
Real-Time Backup (backup without interrupting your work) |
Yes |
Yes |
Hourly or Minutely Backups |
No |
Yes |
Backup Archiving |
Yes (limited) |
Yes |
Virtual Full Backups |
No |
Yes |
Significantly Reduce Disk I/O Load with Linux Kernel Level CDP |
No |
Yes |
Windows Server Data Protection
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server | R1Soft CDP | |
---|---|---|
Easy To Use Web Interface |
No |
Yes |
Point-in-Time Snapshots |
Yes |
Yes |
Bare-Metal Restore |
Yes |
Yes |
Real-Time Backup (backup without interrupting your work) |
Yes |
Yes |
Hourly or Minutely Backups |
No |
Yes |
Backup Archiving |
Yes (limited) |
Yes |
Virtual Full Backups |
No |
Yes |
Significantly Reduce Disk I/O Load with R1Soft Windows CDP Volume Filter Driver |
No |
Yes |
Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service Integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Special Features for Hosting Service Providers
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server | R1Soft CDP |
|
---|---|---|
Easy To Use Web Interface |
No |
Yes |
Multi-User System for Backup and Restore with Granular Permissions |
No |
Yes |
Customer self-managed backup and restore |
No |
Yes |
Quotas for Backup Storage |
No |
Yes |
Hosting Control Panel Integration |
No |
Yes |
Billing API for Service Providers |
No |
Yes |
Comparison Using Acronis's Version Comparison Criteria
This comparison is done by using the comparison criteria available on http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATIES/comparison.html for the Acronis True Image Enterprise Product.
In some cases R1Soft does not offer a feature that Acronis True Image has and instead offers a far superior one. For example in the case of Differential and Incremental Backups.
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server | R1Soft CDP |
|
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System Protection | ||
Disk Imaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Differential and Incremental Backups |
Yes |
Virtual Full Backups |
File-based backups |
Yes |
Block Level |
Exclude files from backups |
Yes |
Yes as of CDP 3.0 |
Recovery | ||
Multi-User System for Backup and Restore with Granular Permissions |
No |
Yes |
Compression |
Yes |
Yes |
Password protection for Acronis Secure Zone |
Yes |
Live Boot Remote Restore |
Industry-standard 256-bit Archive Encryption |
Yes |
RSA Key Encryption |
Multi-Volume Snapshots |
Yes |
No |
Event-driven Backup |
Yes |
No |
Create Bootable Media using WinPE and BartPE |
Yes |
Restore using R1Soft Supplied Live CD |
Bare-Metal Restore |
Yes (very limited on Linux) |
Yes |
Acronis Universal Restore (Restore to Dissimilar Hardware) |
Yes |
No |
Restore specific files/folders |
Yes |
Yes |
Acronis Active Restore (boot from an image) |
No |
No |
Recovery Manager |
Yes |
Live Boot Remote Restore |
Mount images in read/write mode |
Yes |
No |
Dynamic Disks Support (LDM) |
Yes |
Yes |
LVM Support |
Yes (no Bare-Metal) |
LVM Support |
Automatic reboot after restore |
Yes |
Yes |
Virtualization Support | ||
Convert system backups to VMDK, VHD or HDD formats for instant virtualization | Yes |
No |
VMware Consolidated Backup Support | Yes |
No |
Unlimited installations to virtual environments hosted on one hardware node |
Yes |
No |
Administration | ||
Image Consolidation | Yes (limited) |
Recovery Point Archiving |
Scheduling |
Yes (limited to full block scans) |
Fast Synchronizations with CDP |
Notifications (email, pop-up and SNMP) |
Yes |
Web Interface, E-Mail Reporting, Linux Syslog Server |
Store events in Windows Event Log |
Yes |
Yes |
Wake-On-LAN support | Yes |
PXE Boot Support |
Create multiple Incremental Backups throughout a single day |
Yes (Very Limited requires full block scan) |
Continuous Data Protection |
Schedule periodic Backup Validation |
Yes |
Yes |
User Interface | ||
Wizard-driven Interface | Yes |
Web Interface |
Command-line interface |
Yes |
Yes (limited functionality) |
Script Support |
Yes (via command line) |
XML-RPC API |
Real-Time Protection | ||
Perform real-time Backup (means while server online) | Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Support |
Yes |
Yes |
CPU/Network Bandwidth/Disk Write speed throttling |
Yes |
No |
Storage options: DAS, SAN, NAS, RAID tapes, network drives, FTP, USB and IEEE-1394 (FireWire) CDs, DVDs, and removable drives |
Yes |
DAS, SAN, NAS, RAID network drives |
Acronis Secure Zone® (special partition) |
Yes |
Live Boot Remote Restore |
Acronis Backup Server |
Yes |
CDP Server |
Storage Media | ||
Billing API for Service Providers |
No |
Yes |
Supported Operating Systems & Processors | ||
64-bit and 32-bit processors | Yes |
Yes |
MS Windows Vista |
Yes |
Yes |
MS Windows XP Pro, XP Pro x64 Edition | Yes |
Yes |
MS Windows 2000 Professional & Server |
Yes |
No |
MS Windows 2003 Server Editions |
Yes |
Yes |
MS Windows 2003 Server x64 Editions |
Yes |
Yes |
MS Windows Server 2008 |
Yes |
Yes |
MS Windows Small Business Server Editions |
Yes |
Yes |
Linux: 2.4.9 kernels and higher 2.6.6 kernels and higher are supported. Specially tested with RedHat, SuSe, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, ASPLinux, CentOSRPM needs to be installed on the target machine. |
Yes |
Yes |
Remote Administration | ||
Central Management Console | Yes |
CDP for Data Centers |
Remote installation and configuration |
Yes |
Yes (no automatic updates) |
Group operations |
Yes |
Available in CDP 3.0 Enterprise Server |
Remote Restore |
Yes |
Yes |
Acronis PXE Server |
Yes |
Yes PXE Boot Restore |
RIS Server support | Yes |
PXE Boot Restore |
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