When you have a 3TB NAS and you want to save their data without investing in software such as Arcserve to ensure good functionality, we try to use backup tools such as free SyncToy or the very good Cobian Backup. At the level of the first synchronized backups is doing very well and enjoys relative simplicity then the second is pleasant to use but more complete. It also helps to make incremental, so it's this one that we chose for the backup backup all our files.

The problem arises if one wants to restore files because Cobian recreated for each new backup directory that contains the dated folder structure, empty if no file has been modified in those below. It is therefore impossible to use if you want to restore a file, and you should ask the last modified date on it and / or its name to better use for research, what about the huge structures file will take a crazy time.

Thus, after more research and testing other products, so I pinned the software that matches all my expectations and provides an incremental backup tool with real food behind. Areca Backup is the famous backup software completely free.

The restaurants are a real treat and you can navigate between different backup dates. When you browse a backup, as you find in arcserve explorer tree and click on the desired file displays in another column all its history (still to choose the one that wants to restore).

Go Download Areca Backup! and the official site is here: http://www.areca-backup.org/