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QNAP Releases NetBak PC Agent, a License-free Windows PC/Server Backup Solution

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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today officially launched NetBak PC Agent, a license-free full system backup solution for Windows. NetBak PC Agent is a utility that requires Hyper Data Protector, a NAS application which support endpoint devices backup (including VMs, Windows PCs and servers), to be installed on the user's NAS.

Existing NetBak Replicator users are encouraged to switch to NetBak PC Agent to enjoy a modern user interface and block-based backup for full systems, drives, folders, or files. Besides backup format updates, NetBak PC Agent supports new features such as:
  • Bare-metal restoration: Restore a full PC/server system by creating a USB boot disk.
  • Synthetic Incremental Backup: Reduce backup/restore time with QNAP's game-changing Synthetic Incremental Backup technology to increase IT efficiency and end-user productivity, helping to maintain data integrity by reducing RTO and RPO.
  • Backup Explorer: Use the intuitive user interface of Backup Explorer on Hyper Data Protector to find a specific folder or file in various backup versions and restore them to client devices.
  • Scheduled backup: Once users set backup rules, NetBak PC Agent does the rest.
  • System backup restoration destination: Both local and remote site supported.



"NetBak PC Agent simplifies complicated backup tasks and greatly saves backup/restore time for not only IT professionals but also for personal users. NetBak PC Agent relieves the pain points of traditional backup scenarios, featuring global deduplication, backup scheduling, and recovery compression," said Bobby Chen, Product Manager of QNAP.

System Requirements
x86-based NAS (Intel or AMD); 4 GB RAM (or more); QTS 4.5.4 (or later) or QuTS hero h4.5.4 (or later)

Supported Operating Systems
Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022

Availability
NetBak PC Agent can be downloaded from QNAP Utilities and Hyper Data Protector can be downloaded from the QTS App Center.

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A good question: can drives be rotated? So let's say you've got three hot backups for whatever reason and you set it to do monthly backups. Can the program select drive 1 then 2 and then 3 each month removing the partition(s) from the oldest backup and using that without manual action by the user?
 
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