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  • Recovering data during times of need is critical to all, and few can afford to make inefficient use of business-technology resources.

    Information Week
    January 20, 2004

  • No matter which back-up product a small company chooses, many organizations make the same mistakes. The most common mistake is to not back up at all, or to neglect backing up on a regular basis, Aberdeen Group vice president David Hill told News Factor.

    Newsfactor.com
    September 8, 2003

  • ...while DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM are economical backup solutions, individual users remain responsible for putting backup rotation schemes in place and for keeping track of the media. With individual tapes' total data capacity well below that of hard drives found in today's PCs, backups would often have to span multiple tapes, making these tasks even more of a chore. Online backup services make more sense.

    PC Magazine
    March 11, 2003

  • Many small businesses fly by the seat of their pants when it comes to backup and disaster-recovery...

    CRN
    March 15, 2004

  • Among the many lessons learned from 9/11, protecting your business's crucial information should be one of them.

    Entrepreneur Magazine
    September, 2002

  • Neglecting to back up data on a regular basis is one of the most common mistakes SMBs make, says Aberdeen Group vice president David Hill. The second-biggest mistake is not having a rotation policy for sending tapes or other media offsite for disaster-recovery protection.

    NewsFactor.com
    November 4, 2003

  • Few workers think about backing up files and data when heading home each day. People expect their data to be there when they show up the next morning. We all take for granted the reliability of our stored work.

    PC Magazine
    January 15, 2002

  • Consider just how much time, money, and effort it would take to recover a system whose files were destroyed by mechanical failure, a virus attack, or user error. Also consider how much money you would lose simply because of downtime. A major purpose of backing up is to avoid such expenses.

    PC Magazine
    September 3, 2002

  • A study by the American Red Cross found that 40% of small businesses never reopen after a major disaster. The reason - lack of planning and preparedness. Developing a disaster recovery strategy is a critical undertaking for any firm...

    Rockland Business World
    September 2003

  • Earthquakes, fires, floods--disasters happen all the time. Whether man-made or from Mother Nature, unexpected catastrophes are less likely to defeat businesses that have effective disaster-preparedness plans in their back pockets...Back up all your crucial data and keep those files off-site in a safe place.

    Entrepreneur Magazine
    April 2002

Obar4u Max Features:



• Support All Common Operating Systems:

Obar4u Backup Software is developed with Java. Therefore, all applications in Obar4u Backup Software can run on all common operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac, NetWare, UNIX and all other platforms that support Java. Moreover, you can deploy Obar4u Backup Software in heterogeneous environment. For example, you can install OBS on a Linux server, while having the client-side backup applications, Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home installed on Windows and Mac OS.

• Brick-Level Backup and Restore for Microsoft Exchange Server:

The built-in Microsoft Exchange Brick-Level Backup Module in Obar4u Max allows you to perform brick-level backup and restore for Microsoft Exchange Server, including individual emails, calendars, and contact lists, etc. When data loss disaster strikes, user can restore any individual emails, calendars and contact lists within a very short period of time, without the need to restore the full Exchange's information store. This  capability makes Obar4u Max an ideal backup tool for Microsoft Exchange Server.

• In-File Delta Technology:

Both client-side backup applicants, Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home are equipped with our proprietary In-File Delta technology. With this feature, the original file is required to be backed up once only, i.e. in the first backup job. Subsequently, only changes are necessary to be backed up. There are two types of In-File Delta that users can choose.

• Incremental Type:

All delta files are generated with respect to changes made since the last incremental backup. It means the last full backup file and ALL incremental delta backup files are required to restore the latest snapshot of a backup file. Differential Type All delta files are generated with respect to changes made since the last full backup file (i.e. differential backup). It means only the last full backup file and the last delta file are required to restore the latest snapshot of a backup file. Other intermediate delta files are only required if you want to restore other snapshots of a backup file. Differential in-file delta backup has the benefits  that a corrupted delta file would only make one particular version of a backup file non-recoverable and all other backups created by other delta files of the same file would still be intact.

• Open File Backup:

Both client-side backup applicants, Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home, have integrated with Microsoft's latest Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) framework. It allows you to back up files that are being opened  without any additional applications or plug-ins. VSS is only available on Windows XP / 2003 / Vista, and you must have administrative privileges to start the VSS service on a computer. Also, VSS will only work if  at least one of your partitions is formatted using NTFS.

• Flexible Backup Schedule:

Other than Continuous Data Protection (CDP), both our client-side backup applications, Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home, are equipped with flexible backup scheduler that allows you to implement your desired  backup policy. As Obar4u Max is a comprehensive client-side application designed for backing up servers, it comes with an advanced scheduler which allows system administrators to create multiple backup  schedules such as backup at a specific time and at multiple times per day etc. Obar4u Home is designed for desktop and notebook backup, thus its scheduler is with simpler options.

• Command Line Tool:

Obar4u Max client application of Obar4u Backup Software is equipped with a command line tool, which allows users to run pre-backup and post-backup commands. This feature is extremely useful for system  administrators to back up an application or a database which Obar4u does not have a dedicated module for it. For example, you can write proper scripts to spool out a database to a temporary folder before running backup, and delete the temporary folder after finishing backup. With this powerful tool, Obar4u Backup Software can back up essentially any applications and databases.

• Auto Software Upgrade:

Obar4u Offsite Backup Server (OBS) comes with an auto-upgrade feature. When auto-upgrade is enabled on an OBS, any Obar4u Max or Obar4u Home client-side applications connected to this OBS will be  upgraded automatically whenever the OBS is upgraded to a new version.

• Support All Common Databases:

Obar4u Max client-side backup application of Obar4u Backup Software comes with specialized backup modules for backing up commonly used database and email servers.
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
MySQL
Lotus Domino/Notes
In conjunction with our pre-backup command line tool, Obar4u Max is even able to back up Microsoft Sharepoint, Hyper-V Server, VMware Server, and other applications.

• Support Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express:

Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home client applications of Obar4u Backup Software can be used to backup Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express. Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express are the two most popular email readers used by businesses and home users. However, backing up data stored in these two email readers is a headache to most users, with Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home users can back  up these data easily by simply checking a single checkbox.

• Continuous Data Protection:

Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home are equipped with advanced Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature which can be set to capture every version of the data of a file that has been saved to your hard drive. With  CDP, whenever you have made changes to the files in the backup set, it will automatically backup the changes to OBS. Thus, it provides a highly dependable means of real-time, continuous data protection for file  servers, desktops, and laptops effortlessly and transparently, without any human intervention.

• Windows System Backup and Restore:

For computers running either Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Ultimate Edition or Windows Server 2008, Obar4u Backup Software is able to perform Windows System Backup and Restore. Moreover, for other Windows versions, Obar4u Backup Software is also able to perform Windows System Backup and Restore in conjunction with Storage Craft’s Shadow Protect application. Although both Shadow Protect and Windows' built-in system backup functionality allow users to perform Windows system backup, they both lack the ability to perform remote offsite backup easily and efficiently. By combining Shadow Protect and Microsoft Windows System Backup with Obar4u expertise in automatic remote offsite backup technologies, users are able to perform complete offsite bare-metal system backup for Windows easily and securely. In case of a total-loss disaster happened to a local computer or server, backed up image containing the complete operating system and installed applications with the latest configurations and settings, along with all
data, can be restored easily from the backup stored in the offsite backup server, to a completely new hardware that is different from the original one, without running into the Windows' blue screen.

• 256-Bit Data Encryption:

All data will be compressed and encrypted with 256-bit encryption with an encrypting key selected by the user on the client-side applications, Obar4u Max and Obar4u Home, before being uploaded and stored on OBS. The encrypting key will NEVER be uploaded to OBS during backup. In addition, it is also possible to back up your critical data using a secure SSL channel which will further increase the level of security. On the other hand, decryption is only possible with user's encrypting key. Therefore, this whole mechanism provides exceptional security to the backed up data.

• Seed Load Utility:

If you have a lot of data (e.g. 500GB) to backup to the backup server, it would take a considerable amount of time to perform the first full backup through the Internet. If you run into this problem, you can use the Seed Load Utility to back up your backup set to local hard disk (instead of directly to the backup server) and then transport the backup data, using removable hard disk, to Offsite Backup Server (OBS). The administrator can then load all your backup files from your removable hard disk into your backup account. This could then save you days (even weeks) of performing your first full backup. Since subsequent backup will be incremental backup (only new or updated files will be uploaded to the server you should have no problems uploading your backup data afterwards.

• Support Windows Active Directory:

Obar4u Backup Software supports Windows Active Directory (AD). This means that if an AD is present in the network, it is only required to create an user account once in AD and the same user account can also be used in OBS, because OBS will create this user account automatically after authenticating this logon using AD. This eliminates the need of manually creating backup accounts on OBS by system administrators. When Windows Active Directory Authentication is enabled, user authentication will be dispatched to AD automatically if OBS fails to authenticate a user logon using its own records. This means that if an AD is present in the network, it is only required to create a user account once in AD and the same user account can also be used in OBS, because OBS will create this user account automatically after authenticating this  logon using AD. To further synchronize OBS and AD, removal of users can be also configured. If you want to delete/disable OBS user account when the user is removed from AD, you can also configure it in OBS. You can have both options checked and create your own standard. For example, you can configure the settings in OBS so that when the user account is removed from AD after 10 days, the user account will be disabled and after 10 more days, the user account will be deleted.

• Web Based Data Restore:

Obar4u Backup Software allows users to restore backup data via the Internet through any web browser. This provides you with the option of restoring your backed up data from a computer that has no Obar4u Max or Obar4u Home client applications installed. It would thus be very useful when you need to restore some backed up files during traveling, or when your notebook is stolen during your business trip.


Compliance

Sarbanes-Oxley, FINRA, HIPAA, and other regulations mandate safeguards surrounding the backup, privacy, and availability of sensitive information and certain records.  Obar4u goes to extreme lengths to be commercial-grade, offering all the access and security controls regulated industries desire.

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Blog

After you sign up for a our online backup service account, you will download and install the software onto your computer or your server. After installation of the software, you will choose a unique encryption key that will be used to encrypt all of your files. You will then set up your backup sets, 

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Security

Obar4u is committed to protect your valuable data, residing on our servers. We follow best practices to ensure data security. The servers on which Obar4u accounts reside are continuously monitored for any attempted network attacks on a 24 x 7 basis, using sophisticated software tools.

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