Fast Remote Backup with Backup Export
One of the main problems with online backup is speed. Let's say that you have 80GB of data to backup and a typical ADSL connection offering 1.5Mbps download / 384 Kbps upload. If you can upload continuously and use the full rated upload speed it's going to take you twenty days to upload the backup.
Of course you'll never use the full capacity of the connection. It's going to take longer than the theoretical time above - maybe twice as long, maybe even four times as long.
Cucku Backup has always allowed you to directly connect to your partner's computer (via LAN or WiFi) so that you can complete your first backup at high speed. In 2.0 we now allow you to export your backup so you don't have to be on the same network as your partner.
Once you complete a local backup click Settings and then Export Backup. All you need to do is pick a folder where the export will be stored. You can export directly to an external hard drive or flash memory drive. You could also burn the export files to one or more recordable DVDs.
(Click the screen shots for a larger view.)
Once you've sent or given your export to your partner they just need to click Settings and then Import Backup. It doesn't matter if you've already started a remote backup, the import will correctly merge the export with the files that have already been sent via the Internet.
If you have more than one backup partner then the same export can be sent to each of them to kick start several remote backups.
Export also works for restore. If you need to restore from your partner, ask them to export by selecting you from the list above in the Export Screen. They can then click export and send (give) you the exported files. You can then import the backup on your own machine and restore one or more files as required.
When you first start using Cucku you and your partner could both buy an external hard drive, export your first backup and then swap drives. You both have an immediate remote backup of your critical data, and you only need to send new and changed files over the Internet.
For more instructions see Export Backup Locations and Import Backup Locations in the Cucku Backup User Guide.
Backup Export/Import is available in both the Free and Pro editions of Cucku Backup.
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posted by Rob on Friday, May 15, 2009
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