| Does anyone know how remote backup service | | | | backup on Friday and thus you must start over and |
| works? It run on a client computer as a service and | | | | redo the work. |
| is based on a set of schedule or it can be ran | | | | 2. You are a student, and you are very responsible |
| manually by the users from that computer. | | | | and as always you get your paper done on time. |
| It can backup all your files and overwrite your | | | | Your only problem is that you like to party a lot. |
| existing ones or only those modified. Its based on a | | | | Because of this you forgot to backup your files |
| client server architecture, meaning that there is a | | | | stored in "My Documents". The next day your |
| server process which runs on the server and its main | | | | computers refuses to boot and no matter what you |
| task is to store your files on the server. The client | | | | try it still refuses to obey you. |
| will then upload files to the server. | | | | Since your parents bought a 4 year extended |
| Although you may think that this is similar with | | | | coverage you call for a technical support which |
| transferring your files on another computer via FTP | | | | restores your computer in no time but you lose all |
| or other service, I assure you that it is not the same | | | | your files in the "My Documents " folder in the |
| thing. The remote backup server always keeps a log | | | | process. |
| of your backup data for later retrieval. If you are not | | | | I hope you get an idea why you should use a |
| sure why you should use this service maybe the | | | | remote backup service. This is particularly important |
| next few scenarios will help you get to a conclusion: | | | | for businesses where crucial data lost can cripple a |
| 1. You are working on your school paper and lets say | | | | company. |
| that on Friday, you made a backup. The next | | | | A remote backup service always remembers to |
| Monday made a few small changes, on Tuesday | | | | backup your data and at any point your files can be |
| again you made a few changes and so on. The next | | | | recovered on your computer or on another if the |
| day your computer suddenly crashes and your | | | | previous one crashed. |
| changes to the paper are lost since you only made a | | | | |