Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 supports most of the popular storage media and devices

This article applies to:

• All Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Editions

Description

It is recommended to store backups to either a secondary local hard disk, an external USB disk, or a network share. Additionally Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 supports the following storage devices and media:

• Hard disk drives (including dynamic/LDM disks)
• Windows Shares
• Other networked storage devices
• FTP servers
• CD-R(W)
• DVD-RW, DVD+R(W)
• Blu-ray Discs
• REV drives
• ZIP, and other removable media
• P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA, SCSI, Serial attached SCSI (SAS), IEEE1394 (Firewire) and USB 1.1 / 2.0 drives, PC card storage devices.
• Tape drives and tape autoloaders, including virtual tape drives. See also Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Supports Virtual Tape Libraries.
• DVD Dual layer
• Fiber disc

More information

See also:

• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Tape Support
• Blu-Ray Disc Support in Acronis Products
• Backing up to NAS
• Restoring Files from an Image Spanned over Several CD or DVD Discs
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Tape Support in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Build 11345 or Lower Fails to Back Up to Iomega REV Drive
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: Limitations on Working with RDX and Iomega REV Drives