| Online backup services, many companies and many | | | | Advanced Archiving Online Backup must support file |
| products, the differences between these companies | | | | archiving where files being overwritten or deleted |
| are in the features they provide, here are the most | | | | could be kept in a separate archived location for |
| important features you will need when you choose | | | | future reference if you need them. |
| your online backup services provider: | | | | Advanced Reporting Online Backup must provide |
| Easy to Use software, Online Backup must provide | | | | detailed report includes complete information about |
| you with an easy to use software client that is | | | | the backup session which includes folders/files that |
| installed on your system. | | | | have been backed up, backup size, duration of |
| Flexible and Easy to use Restore Options online | | | | backup and success/failure status reports. A |
| backup must come with easy to use restore window | | | | summary report includes success/failure status report. |
| Automated online backup, the backup process must | | | | File Sharing it must allow you to share your files with |
| be automated, you setup your initial backup once and | | | | your friends. This is very helpful for end users |
| the system will do the backup automatically. | | | | specially when dealing with large size files. |
| Online Access to Files, it must give you the ability to | | | | Opened File Backup it must give you the ability to |
| access and restore the backed-up files via a normal | | | | back up files that are frequently left open, such as |
| web browser on the website. | | | | Outlook files (*.pst) or SQL database files. This |
| Fast Synchronization continuously replicates data | | | | feature allows IT administrators to run backup jobs |
| from the source system to the backup one. | | | | at any time of the day. |
| Scheduled backup allows you to run the replication | | | | Locked File Backup it must give you the ability to |
| according to your own time schedule. This could be | | | | back up locked files when they are opened or closed. |
| daily, weekly, or certain days of the week. | | | | Network Backup it must give you the ability to |
| Data Compression Online Backup must provide you | | | | backup multiple computers, servers or Network |
| with the option to compress data before have it | | | | Attached Storage appliances on a local area network |
| pushed to the backup server; it will reduce the time | | | | from a single computer or device. |
| of backup process. | | | | Multi-Site Backup it must give you the ability to |
| Differential data compression a way to further | | | | backup data from many sites like at home and at |
| minimize network traffic is to transfer only the binary | | | | work, or at the primary site and data located at |
| data that has changed from one day to the next. | | | | remote. |
| Bandwidth usage and this one of the advanced | | | | Your Privacy they must be committed to you that |
| features used by services providers and it is | | | | your data could not be opened by any mean, only |
| user-selectable option to use more or less bandwidth. | | | | you can open your data using password provided by |
| Data Encryption for Secured Transmission the data | | | | you. |
| must be encrypted while transmission between | | | | Remote Data Wipeout in case your device is lost or |
| source machine and backup one using two standard | | | | stolen, your critical data will be erased from your lost |
| security algorithms. | | | | device and no one including who has you devices can |
| Transfer Data Encryption to prevent interception of | | | | access them. |
| data. This does not mean that the data will | | | | Remote IP Address Locator when your device is lost |
| necessarily be encrypted during storage. | | | | or stolen it locates the IP address of your device and |
| End-to-end Data Encryption your data will be | | | | find exactly where it is and the contact information |
| encrypted on your machine and then it will be | | | | of the owner of the internet connection used in your |
| transmitted and stored on the server. This requires a | | | | device, these information will be used to get back |
| client-generated key. | | | | your device again. |
| Good online backup companies make session | | | | The last two features are very important and they |
| encryption is not optional, it is mandatory all the time | | | | are the newsiest features in online backup |
| and that for your security. | | | | technology. They are available only in MDI Online |
| Data saved on redundant servers in case one server | | | | Backup. |
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| other server for data restore. | | | | more information. |