247Backup
What Is 247Backup?
247Backup is an online backup and recovery service that performs regular backups of data saved on PCs and laptops, compressing and encrypting the data, before sending it securely over the internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to a dedicated backup server centrally located in Northampton.
How does 247Backup work?
247Backup has a simple Windows Explorer-based user interface, making it easy for users to schedule when and how often backups are performed, and which files they wish to backup. Once a user has scheduled their backups, the operating system takes over, running the backups automatically at the scheduled times when the PC or laptop is switched on.
247Backup is not an application backup tool – it is vital to always keep hold of any disks for applications installed onto the computer, in case they need to be reloaded as part of a system restore following equipment failure or loss.
Forming a part of the inherent intelligence of 247Backup FastBIT Compression. This technology is used to keep backups as small as possible. Much of the data on the backup schedule is in use every day with minimal changes made to it, including spreadsheets, word processing, accountancy software and CRM databases. FastBIT recognises these data changes, and will only create a backup file – or ‘patch’ – of the changes that have been made, resulting in the data storage volume used being reduced each month by an average of between 85% and 99.9%.
How do I backup open files?
For computers that are in constant use, 247Backup offers Open File Manager, which performs backups of any files, folders or applications that are on the backup schedule, but are open or in use, still form part of the backup, so no data is lost or corrupted. By monitoring the data on the backup schedule, Open File Manager is able to recognize all the data currently in use. A snapshot is taken of this data at the start and end of each backup. These two snapshots are compared, with each other and with the last backup made of the data in question, in order to create a complete backup of the file – without the user having to be locked out of the document for the course of the backup, or even having to save the information they are working on currently.
How secure is 247Backup?
Once the backup has taken place, the data is compressed and secured with military level blowfish encryption before being sent safely over the internet to the dedicated Backup Servers, held in a highly secure managed data centre located in Northampton.
How easy is it to restore lost data?
If you ever need to restore your system from one of the backups held on our servers, it couldn’t be easier. Just open 247Backup, go to the Restore tab, select the files you wish to reinstate and click on Restore Now.
How do I know how much storage space I will need?
The amount of storage space you are likely to need depends on the data that you wish to backup. To find this out, open up ‘My Documents’, select all the documents, right click and select Properties, then click on the General tab at the top. The Size on Disk field will tell you how large the My Documents file is. If you wish to backup the whole of your ‘My Documents’ folder, then a fair estimate for the amount of storage required would be between 60 and 80% of your current data capacity – remember, 247Backup compresses your data before it is encrypted and sent over the internet for storage, so you only pay for compressed data.
