TerraMaster Adds Backup and Sync Functions for Ransomware Protection for NAS

TerraMaster Technology Co. Ltd. launches a backup and sync function to provide bolstered protection.

Recently, Qnap NAS device was attacked by a new type of ransomware known as Checkmate. Checkmate attacks via SMB services exposed to the internet and employs a dictionary attack to break accounts with weak passwords. Data protection from ransomware and other cyberattacks is a major concern for NAS users – a concern  acknowledged by TerraMaster.

The company releases single portal folder level data backup and synchronization features for the firm’s devices. The recently released TOS 5 NAS OS’s applications such as centralized backup, TFSS, and TFM Backup provides a variety of data backup and recovery options.

Key features:

• Business focused proactive backups for larger business
  Centralized Backup is a business-oriented backup solution that supports backup and restoration for multiple device types with one TNAS only.

• TFSS (TerraMaster File System Snapshot)
  It is a DR tool developed based on the BTRFS file system. It takes a snapshot of the entire TNAS file system that is helpful in recovering data due to erroneous operations or ransomware attacks.

• TFM Backup
  TerraMaster Folder Mirror (TFM) Backup is a dedicated backup tool for TNAS shared folders. Through TFM Backup, backup shared folders in TNAS to other local folders. Backups can be scheduled for automation and choose between mirror backup and differential backup.

• Duple backup
  It provides backup and restore functions, and is another DR tool designed to strengthen the data security of TNAS devices. It is the protection against hardware failure or system failure. It supports multiple backup strategies of incremental backup and multi-version backup.

• CloudSync application for bare metal-to-cloud live sync
  It integrates multiple cloud drives and synchronizes them into one application, including Google Drive, One Drive, Amazon S3, Backblaze, Box, Dropbox, Koofr, OpenDrive, pCloud, Yandex disk, and Aliyun. This allows users to centralize the management of multiple synchronization tasks and add a variety of cloud disk synchronization.

• Multiple client sync with TerraSync
  TerraSync, a company’s self-developed synchronization tool, realizes data synchronization between multiple users and multiple devices. It implements data sharing among branch offices and data synchronization between individuals on multiple devices and platforms, which assists employees in collaborative work and improves work efficiency.

• Time Machine quota
  Enable Time Machine’s storage quota and backups stop automatically when the capacity used by the backup exceeds the quota limit.

Resource:
About data backup and synchronization features of TOS 5 NAS OS