Carbonite Server Backup and Recovery - Secure, Flexible | Carbonite (2024)

Carbonite™ Server Backup

Carbonite Server Backup gives your business a secure, all-in-one server backup and recovery solution for physical, virtual and legacy systems. Because it’s flexible, you can have local, cloud and hybrid configurations. Altogether, your business can recover critical systems quickly.

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Despite paying a ransom,

17% of ransomware victims were unable to recover their data.

The Hidden Costs of Ransomware, OpenText Business Solutions, 2021

Benefits

Carbonite Server Backup gives your business all the options you need to recover from the different forms of downtime you’re likely to face:

Rely on flexible deployment to get protection for local, cloud or hybrid systems.

Easily monitor and manage all server environments from a single pane of glass.

Recover data quickly, with near-zero downtime, and easily, by using bare metal, granular file and application-aware options.

Rely on local or cloud failover for peace of mind.

Solve questions by turning to our award-winning support.

Reliable all-in-one solution for physical and virtual servers with optional, integrated hardware from a single vendor

Features

Carbonite Server Backup gives your business customizable and secure server protection:

Allows for optional, integrated hardware from a single vendor.

Offers granular restore of systems as well as recovery to a VM.

Recovers Microsoft application data to fully functional states.

Optional cloud failover with pushbutton failback for critical systems.

Gives VMware and Hyper-V protection, with RTO as low as two minutes.

Provides expansive platform support for over 200 OS versions, applications and platforms, including Windows, Linux, IBMi series, AIX and more.

Includes potential ransomware scanning, alerting and remediation.

Supports immutable and hourly backups for select jobs and comes with comprehensive scheduling and targeted alerts for any missed items due to backup schedule clashes.

Allows for forever-incremental backups, saving only incremental changes to your data and significantly reducing backup times after the initial backup is complete.

Configuration options

Carbonite Server Backup gives you a single all-in-one solution that covers almost every data protection and recovery need. To protect your entire server environment, you don’t need to integrate or manage multiple solutions.

With your solution, you can choose from various configuration options:

Appliances

You can pair a Carbonite appliance with any physical and/or virtual server to centralize data backup and recovery throughout your organization, as well as remote and branch-office locations.


Local appliances

Local appliances allow for rapid local restore, rapid VM recovery and when bundled with another Carbonite product, local failover. Appliances can be purchased world-wide. By owning the appliance, you can use it as a satellite in a replication chain, or as an active or passive vault.

Hardware as a service (HWaaS)
In North America, you can get all the benefits of an appliance with a subscription. It covers both the hardware and software needed to replicate your servers to Carbonite’s cloud.

Virtual Machines

Carbonite Server Backup gives you an easy and affordable way to back up and recover virtual machines, physical servers and critical legacy systems for businesses of all sizes. This bundle combines the long-term protection of local and cloud backup with the speed of local failover for key systems in the event of an outage.

How it works

Efficient backups

​​With Carbonite Server Backup, data is replicated from physical or virtual servers to the backup server only once. After the full backup completes, only incremental backups are needed. You also can set up forever-incremental backups with flexible retention options for up to seven years.

Flexible recovery

When a server has an outage, you can restore the full server (including the OS, data and applications) or you can perform a granular recovery of files, folders and application data.

Optional cloud failover

If your local data center becomes unavailable, Carbonite Server Backup offers push-button cloud failover to avoid costly downtime. Your critical systems are securely replicated from the primary environment to the cloud, providing an up-to-date failover copy.

Rapid VM restore

Your business can rapidly recover a failed VM or Hyper-V to a fully functional state in as little as two minutes. When convenient, you can migrate the recovered VM back to permanent storage. You also can run continuous backups of the restored VM to make sure it's protected. Also, verify backups by easily testing the VM in minutes.

Supported platforms

Operating systems:

Windows

Linux

IBM AIX

IBM iSeries

VMware

Hyper-V

Granular recovery:

Files/folders

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft SQL databases and tables

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Active Directory

Application-aware agent plugins:

Microsoft SQL

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Exchange

Oracle Database

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Resources

  • Case StudySchool keeps curriculum on track with Carbonite ServerLearn how the Danville Area School District now backs up 2 TBs of the school’s most critical data using Carbonite Server, configured to save backups both locally and in Carbonite’s cloud.Read Now
  • Case StudyMSP connects global research firm with Carbonite for successThe University Research Company (URC) and Center for Human Services have provided IT support for research projects with USAID, the CDC, The Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins University. They have worked with MadWolf Technologies to protect their research data for almost a decade.Read Now
  • DatasheetCarbonite ServerCarbonite® Server is a secure, all-in-one server backup and recovery solution for physical, virtual and legacy systems. It offers flexible deployment options including cloud/SaaS, hybrid and onsite protection. With optional integrated hardware and cloud failover for critical systems, Carbonite® Server provides reliable data protection backed by the award-winning Carbonite support team.Read Now
  • White Paper/eBookEffective Cyber Resiliency: A Comprehensive Approach to Ransomware Preparedness with Carbonite Data ProtectionBusinesses need to plan for data breaches occurring and must take the necessary steps to incorporate the processes, best practices, and tools to prepare for, respond, and recover from a cyber-attack, including ransomware. Learn how Carbonite data management can be a valuable part of your cyber resilience in this ESG white paper by Christophe Bertrand, ESG Practice Director.Read Now

Server Backup FAQ

What is server cloud backup?

Server cloud backup replicates critical business systems from the primary environment to the cloud, providing an up-to-date secondary copy. This helps organization protect against ransomware, human error, hardware failures, and natural disasters as a secondary copy is readily available and may be accessed from anywhere, even if the local data center is unavailable.

What is the best way to backup a server?

The best backup is the one that optimally meets your business needs. There are many options to securely backup and quickly restore backup files, folders, and application data. For example, Carbonite offers hourly and forever incremental backups with flexible retention options, cloud failover for critical systems, immutable backup ‘safesets’ for extra protection, or restore full servers with bare metal restore. Business should choose a straightforward and reliable backup and recovery solution that securely preserves data confidentiality and integrity while minimizing downtime for their day-to-day operations.

Is the cloud considered offsite backup?

Yes, cloud backups are commonly used for offsite backup. For an effective backup strategy, businesses should follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy.

  • Have 3 copies of your data
  • On 2 different types of media
  • With 1 copy off-site

Cloud backup is a great way to store a backup copy off-site as it can shorten recovery time and provide higher system availability at a lower cost over traditional off-site means, such as tape.

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FAQs

Is Carbonite backup really unlimited? ›

Carbonite Safe plans will allow you to backup unlimited amount of data on one PC, where one PC includes one internal hard drive. As a practical matter, the speed of your backup is determined by the available bandwidth of your internet connection and the total amount of data selected for backup.

Is Carbonite backup secure? ›

Carbonite® Safe is an automatic cloud backup solution that protects you from common forms of data loss, including ransomware, accidental deletion, computer theft and hardware failure. Once you install the software, it works quietly in the background, protecting your important files in our secure cloud.

Why is Carbonite backup so slow? ›

Internet Considerations

The connectivity determines the reliability and the internet speed determines the speed of the backup or restore. If your internet connection is slow or does not provide reliable connection to your computer, Carbonite will be unreliable backing up or restoring your files in a timely manner.

How do I pause Carbonite safe server backup? ›

Within the Carbonite application, click the Settings & controls link. On the Backup settings page, click the Pause my backup button. A pop-up notification will appear with the option of pausing Carbonite for 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 8 hours, 1 day and 1 week. After making your selection, click Pause.

What are the disadvantages of Carbonite? ›

Carbonite's Limitations

Although Carbonite is a decent online backup for Windows and it can back up files on a Mac, you can't use it for an online backup on Linux. It doesn't have mobile apps for Android or iOS, meaning you won't be able to make a cloud backup on your mobile devices, either.

Has Carbonite ever been hacked? ›

Carbonite told customers on Tuesday that it had detected unauthorized attempts to access a number of accounts. The company said there is no evidence that its own systems have been compromised.

What does Carbonite not backup? ›

Summary: Carbonite is not intended to back up programs, applications, operating system files, and temporary files. This article applies to: This article is for Mac 1x and Mac 2x (Not sure?)

Who competes with Carbonite? ›

Top Competitors and Alternatives of Carbonite
TechnologyDomainsMarket Share (Est.)
Rubrik1,1919.27%
Acronis Backup6705.22%
MozyPro Cloud Backup6114.76%
Rapid Recovery4753.70%
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Which is better Carbonite or Dropbox? ›

Carbonite has 168 reviews and a rating of 4.26 / 5 stars vs Dropbox Business which has 21590 reviews and a rating of 4.53 / 5 stars. Compare the similarities and differences between software options with real user reviews focused on features, ease of use, customer service, and value for money.

How far back does Carbonite backup go? ›

Carbonite keeps up to one (1): Daily version for each day of the past week. Weekly version for each of the past three (3) weeks. Monthly version for each of the previous two (2) months (that the file has been backed up)

Can Carbonite backup to a local drive? ›

Carbonite Safe Server Backup provides the flexibility of backing up to the cloud, to a local disk or a combination of both. Within the Set your backup location: section, you can specify the following backup options: Backup to - You can backup to disk only, to cloud only or to both disk and cloud.

How many computers can I backup with Carbonite? ›

Solution:
Carbonite SafeCarbonite Safe Backup Pro
Computers Supported1Up to 25
Cloud Backup SupportedUnlimited250 GB
Additional Storage Cost (per 100GB)N/A$99.99/year
Back Up Files on Internal Drives12 or more
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How often does Carbonite backup my computer? ›

Carbonite allows you to stack different backup types and schedule them according to your preferences. For instance, you can set a full backup to run once a month, a differential backup once per week, and an incremental backup once per day.

Why does Carbonite stop backing up? ›

If your backup is not progressing normally, reboot your computer. Rebooting often resolves minor backup issues and allows Carbonite to connect to our servers. When the computer powers back on, allow all startup processes to complete before attempting to open and check Carbonite.

Is Carbonite backup in recovery mode? ›

Carbonite automatically enters Recover Mode if it detects that the files on the computer are different than what was previously backed up. You can safely exit Recover Mode if all the files you need are on the computer you want to back up. Basic, Plus, Prime, Core, Power, and Ultimate (Not sure?)

How much data can be to backup on Carbonite? ›

Solution:
Carbonite PlansFile Limits
Safe Prime100GB (Excluding .PST files)
Safe Core1TB (Excluding .PST files)
Safe Power1TB (Excluding .PST files)
Safe Ultimate1TB (Excluding .PST files)
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