Barracuda Backup

Barracuda Backup is available as an all-in-one purpose-built backup appliance or as a virtual appliance that can run in VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments.

Backup storage capacity is scalable via simple backup-as-a-service subscription licensing. Protect your most critical data today and scale up your backup storage as your environment grows.

Barracuda’s robust centralized management allows organizations to manage backups from multiple sites from a clean and simple-to-use interface. Administrators can define roles in their organization for access to each location. 

Barracuda Backup supports several languages, including English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. 

Barracuda Backup supports the backup and recovery of VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines. 

Barracuda Backup supports the backup and recovery of physical servers, workstations, and endpoints running Microsoft Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

Barracuda Backup supports the backup and recovery of file shares on network-attached storage (NAS).

Barracuda Backup supports application-aware backup and recovery of Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Exchange applications.

Barracuda Backup maintains immutable backup copies by preventing direct access to the data. It also offers protections against data modification or removal via API. This means that you can only access and remove data through the secure Barracuda Backup interface, which can be additionally secured using multifactor authentication (MFA). In addition, data stored in the Barracuda Cloud is written once and never updated, providing an additional layer of protection.

Barracuda Backup runs on a hardened Linux platform, which makes it less susceptible to malware and ransomware attacks than Windows-based backup solutions. The platform also prevents any unauthorized services from running, blocking the execution and spread of ransomware throughout the backup data.

Multifactor authentication provides an additional layer of security to the accounts and credentials used to access Barracuda Backup. With MFA, the attackers not only need the login and password, but they also need a secondary device and application to confirm the identity of the backup administrator.

Data stored in the Barracuda Cloud is encrypted and can only be accessed, modified, or deleted through the secure Barracuda Backup interface. There is also a delay in the purging of data in the cloud so that data can still be recovered if it is accidentally or maliciously deleted from the local appliance. This creates an air gap between the appliance and the cloud, further protecting data against ransomware.

An integrated backup appliance reduces the risk of the backup storage being attacked, by eliminating any network sharing protocols. Having an integrated solution that includes the backup software, storage, and offsite storage also reduces the number of attack surfaces, making it easier to secure the entire solution.

Following the principle of least privilege, users accessing the backup system should only be given privileges that are essential to their specific role. With Barracuda Backup, you can assign various user roles, including account administrators, restricted users, and view-only permission. This minimizes the chances of an attacker accessing the backup system with the most powerful administrative privileges.

It’s common for backups to be stored on network-attached storage (NAS) devices using a network sharing protocol, such as Network File System (NFS) or Common Internet File System (CIFS). These file shares can be easily discovered and accessed by an attacker, putting backup data at risk. Barracuda Backup does not expose any network file sharing protocols, preventing access to the backup storage.

Barracuda Backup provides AES 256-bit encryption of data at-rest on the appliance, in-transit whenever it’s sent off-site, and stored at-rest on the replication destination. All communication with the appliance is also done over an encrypted VPN tunnel. Encryption renders the backup data unreadable if an attacker has gained access to it.

IP login restrictions can be set for each user with access to Barracuda Backup. Those restrictions prevent access to the web interface from any IP address outside the specified range.

Full local backup and recovery of physical and virtual environments. Backup agents support the backup and recovery of Microsoft Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems. Virtual host-level backups for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. Application-aware backups for Microsoft SQL and Exchange.

Customizable backup schedules and retention policies, as well as automated or manual backups. Ability to granularly select data in each backup schedule. Backups can be scheduled as often as every 15 minutes, providing near-continuous backup.

Barracuda’s incremental-forever backups shorten backup windows and reduce storage needs, bandwidth requirements, and backup costs.

Barracuda in-line deduplication, an inherent capability of all Barracuda Backup products, lets organizations significantly reduce storage needs, bandwidth requirements, and backup costs. By deduplicating data as it is received, Barracuda Backup minimizes the time for completion of the full backup and replication process. Barracuda’s advanced variable block deduplication analyzes the data type and chunk size, setting a block size to obtain the greatest level of deduplication. For organizations protecting multiple sites, Barracuda’s global deduplication and cloud storage technology help distributed networks stay protected while reducing the backup storage footprint.

Organizations with conservative retention policies can use the Offsite Vaulting feature to minimize the cost of backup storage. With Offsite Vaulting, organizations can move local copies of their monthly and yearly backups off their local appliance to the Barracuda Cloud or another Barracuda appliance.

Barracuda offers a wide range of fast recovery options. Image-based virtual machine restores and instant recovery for VMware virtual machines get entire systems back up and running quickly. Organizations with physical servers can perform bare metal or physical-to-virtual (P2V) restores in case of catastrophic failure. Granular file and folder recovery is supported for both physical and virtual systems. All recovery options contain full revision history and file permissions.

Integrated Barracuda Cloud Storage provides a simple option for storing copies of backup data off-site securely. Barracuda Cloud Storage is available in six regions globally: US, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, and Australia. 

Backup data can be replicated off-site to other physical or virtual Barracuda Backup appliances, providing a local and secure option for organizations wanting more control over their data. 

All data replicated off-site from Barracuda Backup is secured using 256-bit AES encryption in-transit and at-rest and includes built-in WAN acceleration and the ability to rate limit bandwidth consumption.

An overview dashboard provides easy centralized management and visibility over all backups and locations. 

Automated monitoring and alerting are provided for all backup activity, as well as system and hardware health. Whatever the issue, Barracuda Backup keeps you informed.

Detailed backup and restore reports keep you informed on the status and history of those jobs, while daily email summary reports provide you with a quick glance of all backup activity.

Barracuda’s Cloud Storage subscription provides worry-free off-site storage with no overage fees and no need to guess how much storage to buy.

Barracuda’s Energize Updates subscription provides ongoing protection from cyberthreats, as well as ongoing product updates.

Barracuda’s Instant Replacement subscription provides priority hardware replacement in case of failure and a hardware refresh after four years, keeping you on the latest hardware platform and extending the life of your backup solution.