Backup is the process of making additional
(backup) copies of important data stored on your
computer and saving that to an archive storage.
Backup copies can be of two types:
full backup and incremental backup.
- Full backup is a copy
of all selected files, regardless of the modification
date.
- Incremental backup is
a copy of the files that have been created or changed
since the last full or incremental backup.
Backups have two distinct purposes. The primary
purpose is to recover data after its loss, be it
due to data deletion or corruption. The secondary
purpose is to recover data from an earlier time.
In addition, backups can be used to transfer
data from one computer to another.
The concept of the archive storage or just
the storage includes location and format of
saving backup copies of files.
@MAX SyncUp allows you to place the archive
storage on the same computer, networked computer
or NAS, FTP or SFTP server, removable USB drive or
Google
Drive cloud storage. Backup files can be
saved, as they are, without any compression, or can
be compressed in a standard ZIP file or in a special
SyncUp archive that can contain various combinations
(depending on settings) of full and incremental
backup copies.
Restore is the process of copying files from
the archive storage to your computer. In fact,
restore is the opposite process to backup.
@MAX SyncUp allows you to easily browse the
contents of the archive, search and select files
and restore them in the original location or to another
place. Archive storage can be located on the same
computer, networked computer or NAS, FTP or SFTP
server, removable USB drive or
Google Drive cloud storage. Moreover, if you need to
restore one or several files, you do not have to
download the entire archive from FTP server or Google
Drive, @MAX SyncUp can selectively
restore files directly from the server.
File synchronization or just synchronization is
the process of ensuring that files in two locations
are identical to each other. This is achieved by
copying updated files in both directions.
@MAX SyncUp can perform this kind of operations.
Moreover, it allows you to use any archive
storage as one of the sides in the synchronization
process. So you can, for example, synchronize
your files with the encrypted archive located in
Google
Drive cloud storage or USB flash drive. This
provides a safe and convenient way to synchronize
the two computers that cannot be connected and synchronized
directly.
An important feature of the synchronization process
is the ability to detect and handle the deletion
of files and the so-called synchronization conflicts.
Synchronization conflict is the state when
files have been modified in both locations during
the time between two sync executions.
@MAX SyncUp allows you to detect the deletion
of files and synchronization conflicts and resolve
them automatically or allows the user to select a
method of conflict resolution.
A profile is a collection of settings that
define the operation of the backup, restore or synchronization.
It contains the definition of the source and target
folders, file filters, storage options,
scheduling, etc.
Each profile has a unique name and type (Backup,
Restore or Synchronization) which defines the operation
to be executed. Profiles can be stored in the profile
repository, or in an external file, but only the
profiles in the repository can be executed automatically
(by event or schedule).
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