Bareos: Efficiency and Scalability
Bareos is scalable backup software built for efficiency and enterprise environments. It supports high-volume workloads, cross-platform systems, and growing storage needs.

Efficiency in Backup Operations
Multithreaded Data Processing: Bareos improves backup performance with multi-threaded processing, compression and optimized CPU usage, resulting in shorter backup times.
Data Compression: Our advanced compression approach improves data transfer rates and reduces storage demands, streamlining your backup processes.
TLS Offloading: Bareos enhances performance by offloading encryption tasks from user space to the kernel, significantly reducing CPU load.
Scalability and Versatility
Support for Multiple Storage Media: Bareos works with disk, tape and cloud, giving you the freedom to adapt to any backup environment.
Cross-platform Backup Support: Bareos integrates with Linux, Windows, macOS and other systems, ensuring full flexibility in mixed IT environments.
High-Volume Capability: Bareos easily handles high-volume backups, from billions of small files to Petabyte-scale datasets in production environments.


Reliability and Automation
High-Availability: Bareos’ high-availability configurations ensure continuous data availability and smooth business operations.
Automation – Friendly Configuration: Streamline complex backup tasks with our extensive support for automation through scripts and configuration files.
Advanced Plugin and Backup Options
Database Support: We offer dedicated plugins for MySQL, MariaDB, MS-SQL and PostgreSQL, making database backups reliable and and easy to manage.
Virtualization Backups: Bareos supports VMware, Proxmox and other industry-standard hypervisors. Plugins such as the Proxmox backup plugin make it easy to protect virtual environments and simplify data protection in complex infrastructures.
Flexible Application Integration: Enhance your backup procedures with Bareos’ adaptable tools. Use pre- and post-backup scripts, the bpipe plugin and our Python Plugin API for tailored backup operations that fit your specific needs.
