How Safe Is Your DATA?
Posted by secureftp on October 17, 2008
Basically, there are two types of online backup services. With the first, once you have downloaded the software and installed it on your PC you just connect to the backup provider’s server and away you go. Just select the files you want backed up and then transfer them over the internet, rather like using Secure FTP site to upload your web pages to your web host.
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This option usually entails a monthly fee of anywhere from $5-$20. The software is easy to use, and restoring your files is just as simple as backing them up in the first place. You can back up as many files as you wish and even your entire PC if you like, although this will take quite some time.
If the worst happened and you lost everything, you could just restore all of your managed file transfer back onto your computer. As this may take a while, some services will provide you with a CD containing everything you have backed up, though often there is an extra charge of about $20 for this.
The second option is to use a web-based backup service. You can do this from your browser window and, as with web-based e-mail, you have access to your Secure FTP managed file transfer from any computer with an internet connection. This kind of service will generally provide you with 10-20 MB of file space and is most often free. You can’t back up quite as much using this system, but if you just need to back up the odd file or two, then this could be the best option for you.
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