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Areca Backup vs SnapRAID

A side-by-side look at Areca Backup and SnapRAID. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Areca Backup

Areca Backup

Backup & Sync

Areca Backup is an open source backup software for Windows, Linux and macOS. It allows scheduling incremental and differential backups to local, remote and cloud storage with data compression and encryption.

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SnapRAID

SnapRAID

Backup & Sync

SnapRAID is an open-source backup program for disk arrays. It protects data on hard disk drives by generating parity information that allows recovery from up to six disk failures. It does not create copies of files, but relies on regular block-level snapshots to provide history.

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