Marshall Veteran Posted December 31, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2013 Welcome to the Best Backup Software 2014 official thread. Use this as a reference for researching back-up software. The previous years thread can be found here - Best Backup Software 2013 If your choice of Paid Antivirus is not listed, please choose Other and specify in the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Titoist Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I use Norton 360 and Windows Backup, as well as Manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Max Norris Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 May or may not be the best but I've always stuck with TrueImage for the Windows machines, works great for my setup, easymode recovery, lots of options, etc. Hasn't failed me yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brandon H Supervisor Posted December 31, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted December 31, 2013 the only things i really back up are pictures & documents. I do that with a combination of dropbox and skydrive. most of my music is in disk form (used in car) so i don't keep a very large digital music collection. besides that I don't use any apps that can't be easily reinstalled if needed :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted December 31, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2013 As a Linux user, there are lots of options not mentioned here, but my favourite is a nifty program called rsync which I believe has ports for OSX and Windows. :) briangw 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TPreston Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 For business use I switched from Arcserve to SCDPM, The alternatives may be simpler but they are taking way way way to long to support new windows and sql server versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 If the pole meant SyncBack, then yes I use that. I use the free version to backup files to my other harddrives. I love it! Runs everyday at 9am! goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Marshall Veteran Posted December 31, 2013 Author Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2013 If the pole meant SyncBack, then yes I use that. I use the free version to backup files to my other harddrives. I love it! Runs everyday at 9am! It says "Syncback"? :shiftyninja: goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 It says "Syncback"? :shiftyninja: Guess I was mistaken then :rofl: goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 protocol7 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 For backing up and syncing folders of files I use FreeFileSync. Works great. But I really need to find a good freeware Windows backup solution that can make incremental system backups. On OS X I'm spoiled by Time Machine. It's simple and yet it works perfectly. I know Acronis is popular (and I could use the free WD version) but I've heard bad stories about the reliability of the backups it makes. Plus I don't like any tool that installs it's own file system drivers. That can lead to BSODs in certain circumstances. The Windows backup utility is useless as it requires making a full system image file every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DConnell Member Posted December 31, 2013 Member Share Posted December 31, 2013 For the moment, I use Win 8.1 File History with external hard drives, with my most important files stored on both tower and laptop. I'm researching online backup but haven't found any cost effective enough for me for multiple machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Arkos Reed Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 EMC Avamar, definitive best of all Whoops, probably not in your budget tho' :p Marshall, FYI, Retrospect has been sold by EMC in 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 patseguin Global Moderator Posted December 31, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted December 31, 2013 Acronis for me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 briangw Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 As a Linux user, there are lots of options not mentioned here, but my favourite is a nifty program called rsync which I believe has ports for OSX and Windows. :) Second for RSync. As I'm relearning Linux, I really love what it offers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 briangw Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 EMC Avamar, definitive best of all Whoops, probably not in your budget tho' :p Marshall, FYI, Retrospect has been sold by EMC in 2010 We use EMC's Networker here in our business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ambroos Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I use Dropbox for my documents and a RAID setup for large amounts of data I want to keep. Minimal setup, maximal efficiency and performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 31, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted December 31, 2013 Symantec Backup Exec 2012 (at work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BoDEAN Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Macrium Reflect Professional v5 Also use SyncBack SE for daily sync of my files to my NAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shadrack Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 TimeMachine included in OS X. I use Dropbox for my documents and a RAID setup for large amounts of data I want to keep. Minimal setup, maximal efficiency and performance. Dropbox isn't a very good backup solution IMO. Its a nice redundancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 macoman Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I use Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2's built on backup tool. Best tool I ever use. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted March 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted March 5, 2014 Does trueImage actually do file to file backups like syncback? I can't seem to find it in the App. If not I think this needs to be broken down into the best Image backup application and the best File to file backup application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 The Dark Knight Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Google Drive, Amazon Glacier and Clonezilla. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 COKid Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The Windows backup utility is useless as it requires making a full system image file every time. Perhaps to you it is. I find it quite useful and have for years. I've yet to have one bad backup or restore. And the price can't be beat. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 30075 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 you don't see it mentioned a whole lot because they won't pay the sites that promote 'best of' lists, but i've been using Terabyte Unlimited's imaging products since early 2007. They just work, & there's only been one version upgrade in that entire time that cost any money. It's saved my bacon several times when disks failed. It's image backup only, but you can extract files from images. No frills, but what it does it does exceptionally well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ambroos Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 TimeMachine included in OS X. Dropbox isn't a very good backup solution IMO. Its a nice redundancy. Isn't backup all about redundancy? Sure, if you delete things by accident and don't notice within 30 days you're screwed, but if you know what you're doing that shouldn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 g33kb0y Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 EMC Avamar, definitive best of all Whoops, probably not in your budget tho' :p Marshall, FYI, Retrospect has been sold by EMC in 2010 Avamar here, too, for the last couple years (formerly Legato). Even EMC reps will admit (after a few drinks) that the pricing is asinine. The system has been rock solid for us, but I can't say I care for the blackout window for dedup, or the awful reporting... or the client interface's java reliance. :) Great tech though. For those curious, VMware's VDP gets its roots from avamar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Welcome to the Best Backup Software 2014 official thread. Use this as a reference for researching back-up software.
The previous years thread can be found here - Best Backup Software 2013
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