I am looking for the ideal Windows backup software that can work well with my TrueNAS.
My gold standard (at least on the client side) is macOS Time Machine. It offers effortless backup scheme, automatic backup thinning, and easy restores of files, folders and entire systems.
Is there good backup software with a similar set of features?
Macrium Reflect works great and restores just as well. I liked it when it was free but last year or so they dropped the free version. You might still be able to find it on a download site.
Thanks very much, Farout! Very different from Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition. That one seems to be the full product and is much more complex than what I need. There would have been very much to dig into.
What I don’t like about the free Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is that it does not do hourly backups. Daily seems to be the highest frequency that can be chosen.
Thus I have retained Settings → Update & Security → Files backup → Backup using File History → More options (Backup options) to chose only a one-month retention for those, which are saved hourly. For longer-term backup I am using the Veeam Agent in parallel.
@Farout I did not know there was 2 versions, can you post the links for both so I can check. I always assumed there was the free one which could be upgraded with pro features.
Provide centralized management for Windows servers and endpoints — up to 10 users/workloads. With the same UI, you can also protect VMs, cloud workloads, NAS, Linux and more.
Standalone Veeam Agent (for Microsoft Windows FREE)
Protect a single laptop or workstation.
A small, lightweight Veeam Agent, deployed and managed directly on a Microsoft Windows laptop or workstation.