Active Backup for Google Workspace (G Suite)

A comprehensive backup solution

Protect your account from data loss or service downtime, enabling you to restore data whenever you need it.

DriveBack up My Drive, shared drives, file and folder metadata, and online applications.

GmailPreserve all emails, labels, label structures, and attachments.

ContactsSecure address books and contacts so you can stay in touch with clients.

CalendarProtect calendars so you will never miss another event.

Unlimited backups, license-free

As a free add-on for Synology NAS servers, Active Backup for Google Workspace helps you back up as many Google Workspace accounts as your storage allows.

Backing up is your responsibility

Fulfill data retention and auditing policies, protect digital assets, and restore them inside a user-friendly portal.

Protect your digital assetsSecure data from human error or malicious attacks that may result in data loss or disruption to business operations.

Comply with data retention policiesDeploy a backup strategy that passes data protection or retention audits perfectly.

Simplify data restorationMinimize downtime with flexible restoration options that recover only what you need in the fastest way possible.

Your data, your choice

Protect your data continuously to minimize RPO, and configure specific data retention policies per domain.

Scheduled backup

Perform backups when convenient, ensuring data protection without disrupting business operations.

Flexible file versioning

Keep as many file versions as required and restore them when needed.

Smart restoration

Enable the recovery portal to let employees or admins restore items in a few clicks.

Granular recovery

Restore mailboxes, emails, files, contacts, or calendar events.

Content searching

Search for emails, attachments, contacts, or events using specific keywords and other fields.

Item previewing

Restore the right items by previewing emails or contacts first.

Item exporting

Export emails, contacts, and calendar data to EML, CSV, and ICS files, and Drive data or email attachments to Office documents.

Management redefined

Organize all backup tasks from a single interface, no matter how many domains you are protecting.

Centralized dashboard

Gain insights into your Google services including how much bandwidth and storage they have consumed and backup histories.

Account discovery

Account Discovery, which can be enabled per service, detects shared drives or users whose Google Workspace services are enabled, and automatically selects them for backup, saving admins the trouble of manual setup.

Storage efficiency

Back up more data with less space consumed using advanced storage technologies.

Single instancing

Download and backup identical Gmail, Calendar, and Drive content only once, freeing up bandwidth and space.

Block-level deduplication

Save space by removing identical blocks of data across backup versions.

FAQs

What do I need to prepare before creating a backup task?You will need to configure the Drive SDK API and create a service key. Learn more.What are the requirements to run Active Backup for Google Workspace?A NAS running DSM 6.1-15217 or above. Deduplication is only supported on x64 NAS using the Btrfs file system. For compatible models click here.Can I back up Active Backup for Google Workspace data to another device?Yes, you can make a copy using Snapshot Replication and restore it when needed. With this method, you can easily implement the 3-2-1 backup strategy.Are there any license requirements or maximum account limits?No licenses are required for Active Backup for Google Workspace. There are several backup servers available to back up Google Workspace accounts. To find a server that meets your backup needs, click here.

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