Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Backup Software Review Notes

I tried to find the best inexpensive backup solution.

Cobian Backup 10

Where I heard about it: It's the on the top of the best free backup programs reviewed by ghack.net (4/2009).
Cost: Free
Notes:
- Can only do mirroring on local drives (cannot mirror with FTP, for example).
- Program seems stable. Has not crashed.
- Can do full, differential, incremental backups.
- Backup can go to network drive, FTP, and internet (not tried this).
- Backup creates files and path just like the source. No use of proprietary backup set file format.

Super Flexible

Where I heard about it: wikipedia's list of file synchronization software
Cost: Trial version for 30 days free. Each license costs $50. Can install on multiple PCs, but only one may run at a time.
Notes:
- Program seems stable.

Best Sync FTP

Notes:
- Program crashed one time. UI is pretty but not stable.

Verdict: Forget about all the others and just use Cobian Backup. It is free, and it is simply the best!

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