Backup Utility: Your PC's Life Insurance
A backup utility is basically a backup solution designed for business users to protect their most valuable asset: information.
A backup utility is a specifically designed backup software tool that fits the needs of a particular group of users and business because each industry sector has naturally distinct requirements. These requirements may consist of security issues, data storage accessibility and availability, speed, backup software licenses, platforms, network systems, and of course overall costs. There are a variety of backup utilities on the market, covering the following broad areas:
Windows Backup Utilities
A great number of backup utility tools specialize in the backup of Windows and its applications. While this is desirable for the home user, it may not be the best or sufficient for the power user. Server operators, for instance, need file backups more than Windows backup because servers are usually data centers hosting thousands of files that users work on. Servers usually do not have many applications installed on them, and their application configuration does usually not change as often compared to a PC or workstation.
Online Backup Utilities
An online backup utility sends files over the Internet to remote locations, sometimes even to other continents, wherever the cost of storage is lower. Online backup tends to be expensive and slow due to the lack of low-cost high speed Internet connections. In addition, storage hosting companies still charge more than hard drive manufacturers. This is why most smaller organizations and personal users prefer to use a USB backup utility.
USB Backup Utilities
A typical USB backup utility will take advantage of the fast USB connection and high throughput rate of USB backup devices. It can offer disk imaging or file backup and is by far the lowest cost backup per gigabyte.