Veeam Agent: Enterprise-Grade Backup for Windows and Linux Endpoints General Overview Veeam Agent bridges the gap between traditional server backup and modern endpoint protection. Initially designed as a tool for protecting physical Windows machines, it has since evolved into a flexible agent-based system capable of backing up workstations, laptops, and standalone servers — both Windows and Linux.

It runs independently or as part of a larger Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure. That means

Macrium Reflect: Practical Imaging and Recovery for Windows Systems General Overview Macrium Reflect is one of those rare tools in Windows system administration that just quietly does its job — snapshot-based imaging, cloning, and recovery, without fuss. It’s not flashy, but it’s reliable, which is exactly what’s needed when backups are involved.

At its core, Reflect creates full images of partitions or disks at the block level. That includes boot sectors, metadata — everything. These snapshots

Bacula: Modular Backup Infrastructure for Complex Environments General Overview Bacula isn’t just a tool — it’s a modular framework designed to handle large-scale, policy-driven backup operations. It’s built for organizations that need centralized control over backup jobs across many machines, platforms, and storage types. The system is composed of multiple daemons — Director, Storage, File, and Catalog — each responsible for a specific part of the workflow. Together, they offer a highly configu

UrBackup: A Straightforward Backup System That Just Works General Overview UrBackup is the kind of tool you throw into a mixed setup when you don’t want to spend weeks configuring policies — but still need backups that actually work. It’s simple where it matters, supports both file and image-level backup, and doesn’t lock you into any commercial ecosystem. The server handles scheduling, storage, and restores, while the clients quietly do their job in the background — Windows or Linux, doesn’t re