By Tracy Baker BackupNet BackupNet software is a fast and easy way to back up data on an intranet, but it would be best used in addition to typical tape backup procedures. BackupNet is designed for speed. The program backs up information to a server over Internet, intranet, or regurlar modem connection. Businesses can use their own servers or those from a third party that provides backup services that use the software. Changes to files are extracted and then compressed so they take less time to transmit to the server.
New files are also compressed before being sent to the serve.
The program reportd dsome errors in compressing certain files but no data was lost. Subsequent updates to the server took much less time, depending on how many changes we had made to our files between backups. One drawback we noted was that each client has to make a backup individually. Some other software allows full network backups. If you have a server that you can absolutely trsut and a solid connection to it, BackupNet is a great way to make speedy backup.