Backup hosting - a new service from Infobox

    The hosting company Infobox launches the new Backup it service - for creating and online storage of backup copies of various data. The service is intended for both home use ( Home line of plans ) and corporate clients ( Pro line ).

    What types of data can a new service reserve and for whom is it intended?

    Using Backup it, users of the service will be able to save any important data from the local computer (server):
    • folders “My Documents”, “My Photos”, “Favorites”, etc.
    • individual files of any types;
    • email;
    • system settings of the operating system.

    Corporate customers will be able to reserve important business information:
    • documents and files of various types, folders from personal computers of company employees;
    • corporate email correspondence;
    • 1C database and other accounting programs;
    • data from corporate servers running Windows Server, Mac Server and Linux;
    • data from Microsoft Exchange Server;
    • MS SQL Server and mySQL databases.

    The solution offered by Infobox is focused mainly on the needs of business customers, for whom the priorities are high reliability and uninterrupted service, great security, great flexibility and ease of implementation of the solution. The new product meets all these characteristics.

    Technically, the Backup it solution meets all modern requirements for high availability and reliability information systems and is built on a cluster running Windows Server 2008 R2.

    Using Backup it is easy. Backup it is installed on the computer once, after which the user creates one or more tasks (schedules for creating copies) and an encryption key. Then you can forget about the existence of the program. At the right time, the program will automatically record any changes in the files and send them to the server. After completing each task, the user receives an email notification of the changes.
    Distributions for the operating systems Windows, Linux and Mac are available to our customers.
    In case of loss or damage to the computer, you can install the Backup it client on your new computer and perform the above steps.
    If data has been lost, Backup it can easily restore it. To do this, you only need to select the necessary documents and click on the "Restore Now" button. The selected files are copied from the server in the data center to your computer.

    Also, saved data is accessible from any computer via a web browser using the online control panel.

    Security is the main issue that excites customers the most when choosing “cloud” services. Everyone is afraid of access to their information at a time when the data is on the servers of the contractor. In this regard, Backup it is suitable for even the most biased skeptics.
    The fact is that all data backups are encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 128- or 256-bit encryption technology. The encryption key used in the program is not reversible, it is set by the end user and is known only to him, so no one else can open data in backups on Infobox servers. When restoring data, backups are transferred back to the user's computer and are decrypted already on the client side.
    All communications between the computer and the server occur through a secure SSL channel and through a secure SOAP / XML interface. All this provides reliable data transfer and storage.

    Backup is performed by the incremental method. The expediency of this backup method is based on the fact that the bulk of the data is static and does not change. Studies have shown that only about 5% of the data is changed daily.
    We took this into account, and Backup it after creating the first full copy of the information further analyzes and compares the data from the moment the last copy was created and sends only the changes to the server. This allows you to reduce the amount of traffic, and most importantly reduce the time to create backups.

    In addition, Backup it uses strong data compression technology, which reduces the size of data backups even more. Compression, depending on the type of data, averages 50-60% of the original size. This reduces the size of the required amount of disk space and speeds up the download of backups even with a relatively slow connection to the Internet (for example, ADSL).

    We understand that we can’t avoid comparisons with similar services, so we’ll immediately mention the most famous ones. We have already received some feedback and noted that first of all, the price is compared, not the functionality and features of a particular service. For users who are not demanding on security and functionality, there are free and shareware products on the market such as Amazon S3, Dropbox, Skydrive, SugarSync, etc. They are quite simple to use, for the most part they offer initial free plans with limited space, but actually offer easy file storage on cloud hosting. The advantage of the Backup it service over similar ones is, first of all, security and the ability to conveniently work with business data.

    The most popular analogue is the foreign Amazon S3. Its main advantage is low cost, although on the other hand the price of Backup it is quite comparable. For example, the cost of a gigabyte on the Home 50 tariff is 7 rubles or 0.23 cents, which, given the unlimited traffic included in the tariff, is not so much different from 15 cents while the Amazon S3 solution’s free traffic. The disadvantages of the latter (from the point of view of business use) include the inability to backup standard things for many organizations such as databases, mail servers and some other clearly business-oriented applications.

    If we talk about Dropbox, then, by and large, the Dropbox function is to simply synchronize files located in the same folder with the server located in the cloud. The main and cardinal difference between Backup It and Dropbox is the greater flexibility of the first. Using Backup It, the user has absolute freedom in what, how and when to backup.

    Not to mention the fact that with an unlimited volume of $ 5, there are very often restrictions of various kinds under the terms of the contract and the speed of downloading data.

    Security is a key issue for business users. A strong crypto algorithm and a non-reversible key make our solution extremely safe. No one will be able to access user data without knowing the key.
    We hope that our experience, reliable solution, legal guarantees of security and confidentiality, SLA will help our clients find a new service from Infobox.
    Try it and you. You'll like it!

    Detailed information about the service and registration for the trial period at http://infobox.ru/backup/

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