Areca Backup also includes a transaction mechanism which guarantees your backups´ integrity. As an additional security mesure areca also features a backup simulation module.

Features:

• Archives compression (Zip format)
• Archives encryption (Triple DES & AES encryption algorithm)
• Source file filters (by extension, subdirectory, regular expression, size, date, status, usage)
• Incremental / Full backup support
• Archives merges / deletion : You can merge contiguous archives in one single archive or safely delete your latest archives.
• As of date recovery : Areca allows you to recover your archives (or single files) as of a specific date.
• Transaction mechanism : All critical processes (such as backups or merges) support a transaction mechanism (with commit / rollback management) which guarantees your backups´ integrity.
• Backup reports : Areca generates backup reports that can be stored on your disk or send by email.
• Post backup scripts : Areca can launch shell scripts after backup.
• Files permissions backup. (Linux only)
• Archives content explorer. (including a ´find file in archives´ feature)
• Archive description : A manifest is associated to each archive, which contains various informations such as author, title, date, description, and some technical data.
• File history explorer : Areca keeps track of your file´s history (creation / modifications / deletion) over your archives.
• Backup simulation : useful to check wether a backup is necessary
• User´s actions history : Areca keeps an history of all user´s actions (archives deletion, merges, backups, recoveries).
• Archive´s indicators : Areca computes a lot of indicators for you, which will help you in the everyday management of your archives.
• Areca comes with a command-line interface which can be used for backup automation..