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Spotlight: CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3

By // December 3, 2009, 3:10 AM PST

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  • CloudBerry Welcome

    CloudBerry Online Backup starts with a Welcome page that offers immediate access to the Backup and Restore Wizards.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 1

    Welcome screen for the Backup Wizard. Nothing much to do here but click "Next".

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 2

    CloudBerry uses Amazon S3 for its storage. If you don't have an S3 account, a link is provided to the account creation page. Once you have an S3 account, enter your Access key, Secret key, and create a Bucket to put your files in.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 3

    The next step is to choose your files. This is pretty standard for a backup application.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 4

    By default, CloudBerry backs up all files in the selected folder(s). These options allow you to include or exclude specific types. There is also an option for backing up hidden and system files.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 5

    Compression and Encryption are both important aspects of a good backup system. CloudBerry has both.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 5.1

    CloudBerry has quite an array of encryption algorithms available. Pick your favorite.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 6

    CloudBerry also has Purge options available so that you aren't using up an excessive amount of space.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 7

    No backup system is good without a schedule. CloudBerry allows you to schedule a job for one occurrence or a repeated schedule.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 8

    This screen in the backup wizard gives you a text summary of all the options you chose in the previous screens. Review this for accuracy.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Wizard 9

    The last screen of the backup wizard has an option to run the backup now. This is a great way to test the backup job.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Plans

    In addition to the backup plan we created, CloudBerry comes with three built-in. This screen links you back to the wizard to edit the plan as well as to restore files from the backup.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Backup Storage

    This tab shows the contents of your backup storage bucket on the Amazon S3 server. Review this area to ensure all of your data is properly backed up.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • History

    The History tab shows the individual files that were backed up or restored, when it happened, and how long it took. Useful to track down problem areas.

    For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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CloudBerry Welcome

CloudBerry Online Backup starts with a Welcome page that offers immediate access to the Backup and Restore Wizards.

For a full review of CloudBerry Online Backup for Amazon S3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

Image created by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic.

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