BackupAssist

BackupAssist

Infobox Software
name = BackupAssist



developer = Cortex IT Labs
released = 2002
latest release version = v4.0.16
latest release date = May 2008
operating system = Windows 2000, 2003, XP, SBS
genre = Backup software
website = http://www.backupassist.com

BackupAssist is a backup software product created for use with the Microsoft Windows environments. Developed by Cortex I.T Labs, it is aimed primarily at the small to medium business market and provides protection for Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Servercite web | title= Solutions - BackupAssist | url=http://www.tucows.com/article/1306 | publisher=Tucows | accessdate=07 July | accessyear=2008 ] .

The main distinguishing feature of BackupAssist is that it integrates with existing backup tools that are present in the Windows operating system (such as Ntbackup, exmerge and wbadmin).


= Major Releases cite web | title= BackupAssist version history page | url=http://www.backupassist.com/BackupAssist/history.html | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] =

*Version 4 – May 8th 2007 – application rewritten in .NET Framework, 64 bit OS support
*Version 3.5 – November 8th 2006 – Exchange mailbox backups
*Version 3 – July 16th 2004 – SQL Server backups
*Version 2 – October 24th 2003
*Version 1 – August 28th 2002

History

BackupAssist started as a small project designed to help a system administrator use NTBackup on Windows NT and 2000. Due to the many shortcomings with certain features of NTBackup (scheduling, media rotation and monitoring), the purpose of BackupAssist was to provide users software that could backup their servers as per their requirements cite web | title= BackupAssist Blog| url=http://www.backupassist.com/blog | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] .

When BackupAssist was initially released in 2002, a basic website was created to help support the software. Over the next few years, extra features were implemented such users could choose from a variety of backup destinations such as tape drives, NAS, REV drives, external hard drives and CD/DVDs cite web | title= Hardware Compatibility List| url=http://www.backupassist.com/education/compatibilityDataSheet2.html | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] . Add-ons for Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes were introduced in 2006.

By 2007, a totally rewritten version of the software was released with a new architecture based around “Backup Engine Independence”.

In February 2008, a solution for Windows Server 2008 was released, featuring drive imaging capabilities.

Architecture

The concept of “Backup Engine Independence” is a key differentiating factor between BackupAssist and other similar products. By designing BackupAssist to be able to interface with any backend engine, it is possible to add extra capabilities to BackupAssist easily cite web | title= BackupAssist Blog| url=http://www.backupassist.com/blog | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] . This is done by interfacing with existing, well known, popular engines – such as the Microsoft Block Level Backup engine (drive imaging) on Windows Server 2008, NTBackup, Exmerge and Stsadm.

See also

*List of backup software

References

External links

* [http://www.backupassist.com BackupAssist]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • BackupAssist — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda BackupAssist Desarrollador Cortex IT Labs www.backupassist.com Información general …   Wikipedia Español

  • BackupAssist — Développeur Cortex I.T. Dernière version 6.1.1 (29 octobre 2010) [ …   Wikipédia en Français

  • NTBackup — is the built in backup application introduced in Windows NT around 1997 and part of all subsequent versions up to and including Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It uses a proprietary backup format (BKF) (also known as Microsoft… …   Wikipedia

  • List of backup software — This is a list of backup software (software that performs data backups). Contents 1 Free software 2 Proprietary 3 See also 4 References …   Wikipedia

  • .ub4 — UltraBackup UltraBackup est une application de sauvegarde de données pour Windows écrite en Delphi par Adrien Reboisson et diffusée sur le site Internet Astase. Elle est de type donationware pour les particuliers et les entreprises où moins d un… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sauvegarde — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sauvegarde (homonymie). En informatique, la sauvegarde (backup en anglais) est l opération qui consiste à dupliquer et à mettre en sécurité les données contenues dans un système informatique. Ce terme est proche… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • UltraBackup — Netstation (anciennement Ultrabackup) est une application commerciale de sauvegarde de données pour Windows écrite en Delphi par Adrien Reboisson. Elle a été diffusée jusqu à la version 4.2 comme freeware ou donationware pour les particuliers et… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Comparison of file synchronization software — This is a list of file synchronization software. File synchronization is a process of ensuring that files in two or more locations are updated via certain rules. Contents 1 Open source 2 Freeware 3 Commercial 4 See also …   Wikipedia

  • rsync — Original author(s) Andrew Tridgell, Paul Mackerras Developer(s) Wayne Davison Initia …   Wikipedia

  • Cwrsync — Stable release 4.2.0 / September 28, 2011; 50 days ago (2011 09 28) Development status Active Operating system Windows T …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”