What is a good backup software for small business?
August 27, 2010 by
Filed under backup software
I’m looking for a good backup software for home or small business. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m looking in the 100-200 dollar price range.
I would recommend Vision Backup from http://www.vwsolutions.com. They even have an open file plug-in that allows you to backup files while they are in use.
how many machines do you have? amanda is an open-source backup solution for the entrprise, but it has some limitations and must be used in conjunction with other software if you have a need to preserve system state data on a Windows Platform. Also, amanda is deninitely geared towards the *nix environment.
Backup software is one of those things that you generally don’t want to skimp on. It’s awfully expensive until that first time you lose an all-important file that you can’t recover. Three categories: cheap, easy to use, and works well. Pick any two.
Veritas makes a nice backup suite, but again, I think we’re talking out of your price range. $100-200 will usually cover a connection licence for a single machine.
Another alternative is using native windows backup, and savinng the compressed backup file to a centralized share, where you can back up and restore to and from a single tape device.
I understand that money is an issue but how important is the data that you are backing up worth? The reason why I ask this question is once you lose data, you start asking why didn’t I just buy the larger one?
Here are two options:
1. Depending on the file size, 1 or more external USB 2.0 500 Gig hard drives.
2. A dedicated backup server(computer)with the biggest hard drive that you can afford, with a DVD-R burner and Norton Ghost installed.
Expensive, yes! Will you regret it? Never!!!!!