Remote Backup has many advanced features. First introduced in 1987, it's the most mature product of its kind, the acknowledged industry leader. Remote Backup runs on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 2000 and later, Servers and Workstations. It works with all networks, including Novell Netware and Windows networks.
See the Remote Backup web site for a complete list if features.
This is how Remote Backup works
After your clients install Remote Backup, they will simply leave their computers on at night. Remote Backup hides in the background without interfering with any other program. The Remote Backup icon appears on the System Tray.
At a predetermined time, Remote Backup "wakes up" and determines which files need backing up, and what kind of backup (out of three possibilities) is scheduled for that night. It then compresses those files into archives that can be a very small fraction of the original file sizes. These archives are then encrypted using an encryption key known only to your client.
After the files are compressed and encrypted, Remote Backup uses the client's Internet connection or other communications device and sends the files off-site to your Server. Remote Backup then verifies the files and goes back to sleep.
Your clients' valuable computer files are now safe off-site. If their building burns, or their computer is stolen, their business can be saved by replacing their equipment and restoring their files from the RBS Server.
BitBackup *
Remote Backup can optionally use an exclusive process called BitBackup to substantially reduce the amount of time it takes to back up files, and to save storage space on the RBS Sever. For a complete explanation of how BitBackup works, see the section on How BitBackup Works.
BitBackup backs up only the parts of files that have changed since the previous backup. For example, if you change a single 5-character word in a 2 megabyte word processing document, BitBackup will back up only the 5-character word.
The firstBitBackup backs up the whole file. Thereafter, each backup contains only the parts of the file that have changed since the most recent full backup. Therefore, all BitBackups are cumulative - each can fully restore a file up to the point the backup was made. As such, BitBackup files get larger and larger on the RBS Server as time goes on. Subsequent full backups are made automatically, reducing ongoing BitBackup sizes, when the size of the BitBackups reach a configurable percentage of the most recent full backup, OR when a configurable Roll-Forward Threshold is reached.
BitBackup is particularly useful in backing up huge files like databases that may change only slightly every day. Our exclusive technology is far more reliable than others because of the cumulative nature of BitBackups.
Local Data Store *
When BitBackups are used, the Remote Backup Client maintains copies of the most recent backups on the local computer or network, available for immediate (and very fast) restore without the need to download them from the Server. The location of the local Data Store is configurable, so workstations in a network can share a common network drive.
RBackup can back up all files, even those that are typically locked by other applications. RBackup can back up Outlook PST files, Quicken and Quickbooks files, and other files that may be in use by other applications at the time of the backup.
Full Image Backups
RBackup can back up whole drive images as Microsoft Hyper-V files (.VHD) which can be directly mounted and used as-is.
VMware Backup and Restore
RBackup can back up and restore VMware VM files.