Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Backup 2.0 and later.
CloudBerry S3 Backup is a powerful Windows program that automate backup and restore processes to Amazon S3 cloud storage.
In the release we are introducing two important enhancements: the ability to backup data locally to local disks, SAN, NAS and remote file shares, and the ability to use custom SMTP server for notifications. The latter is Server Edition only feature though.
Local backup
With this feature you can backup data to local disks, SAN, NAS and remote file shares. This is useful if you like to backup only subset of your data to the cloud for advanced protection but also like to keep your data locally for fast access and reduced costs.
There is a new account type called File System Storage account and you have an option to choose it on the Backup Wizard dialog.
All you have to do is to specify the path to the folder where you want the backup created.
Everything else will work just like with any other storage provider.
Note: currently local backup feature doesn't support versioning, encryption and compression. These options are coming in the future releases.
Update 5/9/11: as of version 2.2.1 you can now specify customer credentials for network location. Check out here for more info.
Custom SMTP Server
Prior to release 2.0 you could only use CloudBerry Notification service to get email notification on backup completion. Quite a few our customers wanted to be able to use their own SMTP service to send the notification. in this release we are introducing an option to use the custom SMTP server. This new option is available for CloudBerry Backup Server Edition only.
We have introduced a new option on the Backup Wizard notification step where you can choose between CloudBerry Notification service and custom SMTP server.
Just specify SMTP settings on the configuration dialog.
As always we would be happy to hear your feedback and you are welcome to post a comment.
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CloudBerry Backup is a Windows program that leverages Amazon S3 storage. You can download it at http://backup.cloudberrylab.com/ . It comes with onetime fee of $29.99 (US) per copy.
CloudBerry Backup for WHS is a Windows Home Server add-in that leverages Amazon S3 storage. You can download it at http://whs.cloudberrylab.com/ . It comes with onetime fee of $29.99 (US) per copy.
CloudBerry Backup Server Edition. is a Windows program designed to run in server environment that leverages Amazon S3 storage. You can download it at http://server.cloudberrylab.com/ . It comes with onetime fee of $69.99 (US) per copy.
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10 comments:
in this release we are introducing an option to use the custom SMTP server. This new option is available for CloudBerry Backup Server Edition only.
I don't see a place to specify credentials. Have tried doing a backup job to a NAS but it fails due to authentication. For this to be useful I need to be able to specify what credentials the connection will use.
thanks
Hi Dave,
We are going to add an option to specify credentials for the network folders and NAS devices in the coming release. For now the only option is to change the service account to the one with the access to NAS. Check out here for more details.
Thanks
Andy
the cloud for advanced protection but also like to keep your data locally for fast access and reduced costs
Andy, is there the capability to have the contents that are backed up to the s3 be deleted from the local drive automatically after?
Thank you.
-roger
Roger,
no, this is currently not possible but it is on our roadmap.
Thanks
Andy
Andy, thank you and Kudos for replying so quick!!
when you create a "local" backup policy, is the versioning still working? If so, does this add to the online backup size for your online policies that contain the same data?
Hi Jasper,
Local backup option doesn't support versioning yet, also it doesn't support compression and encryption. Also, local backup doesn't add to your online backup storage. In other words local backup and online backup are separate.
Thanks
Andy
Hi Andy,
Could you add a future option to sync the local file backup to S3?
Our use case is to support users that do not have fat internet pipes in remote regions via a local disk backup and then from our office sync their local backup to S3.
Once this is done, deltas can be backed up to S3 from the (slow) client premises directly.
Regards,
- Jaco
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