NAKIVO for NAS & File Shares

NAKIVO Backup & Replication secures unstructured data by backing up SMB and NFS file shares located on NAS devices or Windows/Linux file servers. It protects specific shares or folders using incremental backups that efficiently process large volumes of files while saving storage space through global deduplication and compression.

A genuinely unique capability is NAKIVO's ability to be installed directly onto popular NAS hardware — QNAP, Synology, ASUSTOR, NETGEAR, Western Digital, and TrueNAS. This transforms the NAS device into a five-in-one backup appliance: hardware, backup software, storage repository, deduplication engine, and cloud gateway, all in one box. Backups can be written directly to NAS disks, bypassing network protocol overhead entirely. For smaller organisations, this means you don't need a separate backup server at all.

File-level granular recovery makes it straightforward to restore individual files and folders from any backup point. Combined with immutable storage and cloud tiering, NAKIVO provides a complete data protection solution for the petabytes of unstructured data that accumulate on file shares in every organisation. The same NAKIVO console manages NAS backup alongside VMs, physical servers, and Microsoft 365 — no separate products or licensing.