Frequently Asked Question

Synology NAS has the ability to act as a backup target and restore source for various backup software. Furthermore, DSM supports most file transfer protocols. Please refer to the table below for a list of supported backup software.
For more information about which network ports and protocols are utilized by backup, please refer to this article.

Brand	Software	Version	Test Environment	Synology Product DSM Version
2BrightSparks	SyncBackSE	4.5.16	Windows XP	DSM 2.0-0702
2BrightSparks	SyncBackSE	5.11.3.0	Windows 7	DSM 3.2-1922
Acronis	True Image	11.0	Windows XP	DSM 2.0-0702
Acronis	True Image	9.0.0.2323	Windows XP	DSM 2.0.1-3.0424
Acronis	True Image	Home 2012	Windows 7	DSM 3.2-1922
Apple	Time Machine	1.0	Mac OS X 10.6	DSM 2.2-0942
Apple	Time Machine	-	Mac OS X 10.7	DSM 3.2-1922
CA	BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows	11.5	Windows XP	DSM 2.0.3 - 0456
CA	BrightStor ARCserve	R12	Windows XP	DSM 2.0-0702
CA	ARCserve Backup	16.5.7106	Windows Server 2012	DSM 4.3-3776
CA	ARCserve D2D	r16.5(Build 1444)	Windows Server 2012	DSM 4.3-3776
EMC	Retrospect	7.5	Windows XP	DSM 2.0.1-3.0424
EMC	Retrospect	7.6.111	Windows XP	DSM 2.0-0702
LaCie	SilverKeeper	1.1.4	Mac OS X	DSM 2.0.1-3.0424
Microlite	Backup EDGE	2.2	Linux 2.6 (IA32)	DSM 2.0-0685
Microsoft	Windows 7 Backup	-	Windows 7	DSM 3.2-1922
Microsoft	Windows Vista Backup	-	Windows Vista	DSM 2.0-0702
Microsoft	Windows XP Backup	-	Windows XP	DSM 2.0-0702
NCHC	CloneZilla Live	1.0.3-21	Windows XP via Samba	DSM 2.0.3 - 0510
Symantec	Norton Ghost	14	Windows Vista	DSM 2.0-0722
Symantec	Norton Ghost	15	Windows 7	DSM 3.2-1922
Symantec	Backup Exec	2010	Windows Server 2012	DSM 4.3-3776
Symantec	Backup Exec	2012	Windows Server 2012	DSM 4.3-3776
SEP AG	SEP sesam	4.0.5.22	Windows Server 2003/2008 via CIFS	DSM 4.0-2228
Veeam	Backup & Replication	7.0.0.690	VMware vSphere 5.5	DSM 5.0-4418