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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Dec 10, 2013 12:54:33 GMT
Nowadays it is so important to have backups of not only data but your operating system to boot, {no pun intended!} I know some use paid for Ghost or Macrium reflect free/paid and others. However I came across this today via email. Have seen Ocster before but never tried it. www.ocster.com/promotion/1click2launch/en?tmplvar=min&utm_content=lnnr2&tag=news2013121&utm_medium=email&utm_source=news2013121&utm_campaign=enIt is being offered @ 9.90 usd (£6.00 gbp) with a life license. Looking at it and the fact there are some interesting options it appeals to my curiosity. The cost also appears to be very affordable. The offer is available until January 8th 2014 but I do not know what the final price will be. In this case I'm prepared to pay for it, but wonder if anyone else has or is using it.
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Post by GuiltySpark on Dec 10, 2013 13:15:24 GMT
Never used it although they do have a Freeware version which doesn't have anywhere near as many options, however, it does still have Compression and Encryption you can compare the options/choices here: www.ocster.com/ocster-backup-feature-comparison/en
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Post by Lighthouse on Dec 10, 2013 14:19:12 GMT
Have just ordered it. Worth a try at that price.
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Post by irvsp on Dec 10, 2013 14:29:31 GMT
Seems interesting, and cheap...
It seems it is 'incremental' driven. You have only ONE full back-up, and then only changed files, hence the space being 'small' for back-ups and you can keep many more than if you are doing full back-ups. Note the picture showed 27 kept.
I had tried incrementals and decided it wasn't the way to go. It was too 'confusing' to me, but that depends on how you want to recover a file too, and how this is presented to you. Suppose you want to restore a Word file. Now what is shown to you? All the different versions of just the last? How hard would it be to restore the one from a specific date? What would you see IF you had deleted the file? How are they detailed in the Virtual drive you see?
I have more than one drive letter, and you just can't back all drives up at the same time. Some files and programs use data spread over more than one drive, how would that be handled?
Still, cheap enough to try.
Me, I can't see how with about 1TB of files I can see keeping 27 iterations of my files, but now, I only keep 5 iterations of each drive, done once a week each.
One thing I don't understand? The compression. They say this, "VMDK file format (allows backups to be opened by other software)" which to me implies NO compression, other wise other s/w couldn't read it. I am NOT sure it is compressed, and the claim for 50% compression is probably relative to full back-up methods sizes?
They also state ONLY 1 Full back-up is done, OK, good, and incrementals (forever?) from that? Click on the MORE INFORMATION by the 'TOP' icon to see that statement. Don't understand this part at all? I delete an incremental and then what? It sounds like some 'processing' is done to 'compile' a new set of files maybe? What if I deleted the incremental with the last copy of a file? What happens? Note it says that eventually incrementals get too large and complicated as well. That whole dialog box makes no sense to me.
Of course, best way to tell, test it out.
Guilty, how good is the freeware?
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Post by GuiltySpark on Dec 10, 2013 15:12:49 GMT
No idea, haven't tested it and probably won't at least not this side of crimbo it was just posted as an alternative/trial comparison between purchased and free.
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Post by Lighthouse on Dec 10, 2013 16:04:36 GMT
I now have it. And have many eternal drives. So will try and test it in the next few days. Busy, busy busy:)
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