Hyper Backup Technical Specifications

Application component

Hyper Backup

Features

Intuitive and integrated backup/restoration solution for data and LUN (Logical Unit Number) on Synology NAS, helping to retrieve precious data from multiple recovery points
Comprehensive backup destinations, including public cloud services, local shared folders, remote Synology NAS, external storage devices attached to Synology NAS, etc.
Multiple backup sources, including folders, files, packages, and system configurations on Synology NAS
File-level deduplication backup to minimize the storage consumption
Flexible backup schedule to fulfill different backup needs

Specifications

Multiple backup sources, including folders, files, packages in DSM, system configurations with metadata including ACL permission, owner, etc. (Learn more)
- Packages: Hyper Backup, Synology Drive, Synology Chat, Synology Directory Server, etc.
- System configurations: Shared Folder, File Services, Users & Groups, Domain/LDAP, etc.
Supports various backup destinations, including local shared folders, external devices, remote Synology NAS, rsync servers, and public cloud services:
- Synology C2 Storage
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Microsoft Azure
- S3 Storage (and other S3-compatible backup destinations)
- JD Cloud
- OpenStack Swift
- Rackspace
- HiDrive
- SFR NAS Backup
- hicloud S3
Cross-version, file-level deduplication, and block-level incremental backup to minimize the storage consumption
Retains up to 65,535 versions of backup data with a customized version rotation policy to delete previous and unnecessary versions automatically:
- Rotates versions from the earliest versions when total versions exceed the defined number
- Smart Recycle: Keeps the earliest version created each hour, each day, and each week
- Customized retention policy: Up to seven rules of customized retention duration and version interval according to different needs
Client-side data encryption and transfer encryption with military-grade AES-256 and ECC Curve25519 encryption technologies to protect data from illicit access
Client-side backup data compression for advanced backup performance and efficient storage usage
Adjustable time scale to monitor storage usage statistics
Abnormal storage usage alert via email by defining threshold values for storage usage
Blacklist of file names and file extensions for each backup task
Logs of file manipulations, including adding, modifying, and deleting actions
Data and index integrity check for detecting data corruption in previous backup versions, enhancing backup and restoration availability
Multi-version explorer on DSM for easy browsing, downloading, and restoration of files or versions
Resuming uncompleted backup tasks without re-transferring the data which have already been backed up

Limitations

Available storage space on the backup destination must be equal to or greater than 8 GB
Backup destination folders for relinking are not supported to be renamed
External devices such as USB flash drive are not supported to be backed up
Only one task of a backup source can be run at the same time, while other tasks of the same source will queue up and perform sequentially
Backing up data and version deletion of one backup task cannot be performed concurrently
Backup files of multiple versions backup tasks are stored as the backup format (.hbk) which is powered by Synology and can only be read with Hyper Backup, Hyper Backup Explorer, and Hyper Backup Vault
Names of tasks may include 1 to 32 Unicode characters, but cannot contain the following characters:
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , / : ; < = > ? @ [ ] \ ^ ` { } | ~
Each backup task can only include one LUN as the backup source
LUNs can only be backed up to external disks with ext4 format
Version rotation is not supported in DSM 5.1 or earlier version
Applications backed up in DSM 5.1 or above cannot be restored in DSM 5.0 or earlier version

Hyper Backup Vault

Features

Transforms Synology NAS into a backup destination for other remote Synology NAS and monitors the status of backup tasks

Specifications

Management interface to monitor the elapsed time of backup tasks and the storage usage of the backup destination, including used size and usage percentage of each task
Summary for each backup version with the information of source size, increased size, modified shared folder data, and modified application data
Detailed logs of backup tasks which can be exported to HTML files or CSV files for auditing
Configuration of the number of backup tasks for preventing Synology NAS memory from excessive storage usage

Affiliated Utility

Hyper Backup Explorer

Features

Desktop application for browsing or downloading backup data that are stored at the local side, Synology NAS, and Synology C2 Storage

Specifications

Supported operation systems:
- Windows 7 and Windows 10
- macOS X 10.13 and above
- Ubuntu 18.04 and above (officially supported versions)
Supports browsing multi-version backups in the backup format (.hbk and .bkpi)
Supports searching backup data in a single layer of folders with filters: Keyword, File Type, Size (KB), and Date Range
Supports downloading files from backups to the local side
Supports retrieving backup files encrypted with military-grade AES-256 and ECC Curve25519 encryption technologies
Supports retrieving backup files stored on Synology C2 Storage

Limitations

Backed up LUNs cannot be browsed and restored in Hyper Backup Explorer
Maximum length of the path of backup destinations and save locations: (When the length reaches the limit, the files in the path cannot be downloaded)
- Windows: 32,767 characters
- macOS and Ubuntu: 4,095 characters
Copying symbolic links to Windows computers is not supported