Centrally managed backups

I used to use Windows Home Server for backing up the PCs on the network but unfortunately the 2011 version doesn't seem too reliable - at least not for me so I've now set up a Linux based NAS as a central location for backups and shared content etc.

Anyone have any ideas of any backup software that can be centrally managed so that I can make sure that the client PC's backups have been run and if not run them remotely in the way that WHS allowed?

Imaging would be good (although I can do this manually if necessary) but just file/folder backups would be fine.

Cheers!

 

Maybe "Central Management Console" from Easeus?

 

Thanks for the suggestion - looks to be more or less what I was looking for. I'm not 100% sure on Easeus however as it's not something I've used. The workstation download seems a bit on the heavy side ~114mb - a couple of the machines are pretty low spec. How light is Easeus on resources?

 

For imaging take a look at the FogProject.

For file/folder backup/sync:
Amanda
Bacula
DeltaCopy
Syncrify
Cobian backup

Panagiotis

 

Im using the latest workstation and i don't see any noticeable difference with or without it.
Here is some info from "ProcessExplorer"

 

Thanks for the info. Downloaded the Easeus trial and pushes the CPU use pretty high during a backup but other than that it seems pretty good. I need to attempt a restore yet though

Thanks too pandlouk - there's stuff there I'd never heard of. Time for some experimenting I think.