| We hear that online backup solutions are not the | | | | Online Backup must provide two types of replication: |
| same in fastness and easiness to use, and that | | | | Fast Synchronization and Scheduled Backup. Fast |
| because the advanced features that some | | | | Synchronization continuously replicates data from the |
| companies apply to make their services better, | | | | source system to the backup one. It must allow you |
| faster, and easier to use. Here are the features that | | | | to specify the time to wait between every two |
| make the process different. | | | | synchronization sessions. |
| Easy to Use software | | | | Scheduled backup allows you to run the replication |
| Client, company must provide you with an easy to | | | | according to your own time schedule. This could be |
| use software client that is installed on your system. | | | | daily, weekly, or certain days of the week. With |
| The interface must not require many steps to | | | | multiple profiles supported, you can define two |
| configure your initial backup. Good soft wares ask | | | | different backup profiles and have each one run |
| you to provide a user name and a password. Then | | | | according to a total different schedule or replication |
| you select the folders to be backed up. The backup | | | | type. |
| process starts and simply your work is done. | | | | Features make Online Backup Fast. |
| Flexible and Easy to use Restore Options | | | | Data Compression company must provide you with |
| Online backup must come with easy to use restore | | | | the option to compress data before have it pushed |
| window. The restore window must be flexible and | | | | to the backup server. This can help tremendously in |
| supports unzipping, de-encrypting, one file restore, | | | | saving space along with speeding up the backup |
| one folder restore and multiple file/folder/volumes | | | | process. Files will be encrypted in zip format which |
| restore. | | | | can be open by traditional windows explorer, |
| Automated Online Backup Service Execution | | | | WINZIP, WINRAR and other compression tools. |
| Must run the replication process using windows | | | | Differential data compression A way to further |
| services running in the background. This increases the | | | | minimize network traffic is to transfer only the binary |
| reliability of the backup solution. There is no need for | | | | data that has changed from one day to the next, |
| you to be logged on in order for the backup to run. | | | | similar to the open source file transfer service Rsync. |
| Also, system restarts will not require any user | | | | The good services use this advanced online backup |
| intervention to re-enable the backup. It will be | | | | method rather than transfer entire files to make the |
| enabled automatically as it runs as a service. | | | | backup process faster. |
| Online Access to Files | | | | Bandwidth usage and this one of the advanced |
| Online Backup must provide Online Portal for Data | | | | features used by services providers and it is |
| Access that gives you the ability to access and | | | | user-selectable option to use more or less bandwidth; |
| restore the backed-up files via a normal web | | | | it may be possible to set this to change at various |
| browser on the website. | | | | times of day. |
| Two Types of Replication | | | | |