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If you amortize the cost of the online backup software over the average life of each end user, you get to the real cost of the software. In the case of Windows Servers, you are paying $86 for the software (4 credits at $21.50 each). Over the life of the end user, this works out to a software cost of just barely over $2/month. That’s really cheap.

The quickest, easiest, least expensive way to start a full-featured Online Backup Service! RBS can provision leased Online Backup servers in the Amazon cloud for 50 to more than 10,000 users by the next business day after your order. We will install and setup your Service in Amazon's secure data center. Within one business day you will be able to sell Online Backup Services from a customized and branded website on a dedicated server.

The latest maintenance release of RBackup was posted for download on August 9, 2010. It contains new features and minor fixes. This is version 11.1.6.

OK there was this car, a blue mid-80s Volvo, covered boot to bonnet with plastic fish SINGING OPERA and dancing. They were individually animated, and vigorously conducted by a lobster formerly named Larry.

This five part series by Rob Cosgrove helps Managed Service Providers and Online Backup consultants design correct backup protocol for their customers. This last article discusses Recovery Objectives. Other articles in the series talk about backup schedules and shows how to estimate backup times, setting backup strategies, optimizing backup time by identifying data that needs to be backed up online, selecting backup types, and explains how to define backup sets.

I don’t know what to say about this, except that Elizabeth had way too much time on her hands and a key to the office supply closet.

This five part series by Rob Cosgrove helps Managed Service Providers and Online Backup consultants design correct backup protocol for their customers. This fourth article discusses backup schedules and shows how to estimate backup times. Other articles in the series cover setting backup strategies, optimizing backup time by identifying data that needs to be backed up online, selecting backup types, and explains how to define backup sets.

This five part series by Rob Cosgrove helps Managed Service Providers and Online Backup consultants design correct backup protocol for their customers. This third article suggests specific files and folders to include and exclude, and explains how to define backup sets. Other articles in the series cover setting backup strategies, optimizing backup time by identifying data that needs to be backed up online, selecting backup types, and defining schedules.

In the old days when people backed up to tape drives a certain strategy had to be used. The most popular was Grandfather/Father/Son tape rotation. This method required 19 to 23 tapes and ensured that there were always backups of the seven most current days, the four most current weeks, the eleven most current months, and the most current year.

Anyone can buy software and start an online backup service. That’s the easy part (as long as you pick the right software – hint: mine.) However, in order to be really successful you have to set yourself apart from those who only have software. This includes all those cheap $5/month services.