For archiving yes nothing beats .ZIP
But I use some paid software [Cheap anyway] which I can use in more than one way...
Not stating the name as it would amount to marketing for something not made by TGC... [You can of course email me if interested in the name if you cannot guess it from the below info]
One is Whole Disk backups, both remote and local
Two is TimeLine versions of files, including STATES as per save meaning every time the timestamp on a file changes it gets a fresh timeline based backup meaning I can revert to a specific backup at any time [Both the entire folder or individual files] fully integrated into the Windows interface and the application itself...
Third is Both On-Site and Off-Site incremental backups [On-Site timeline, Off-Site time based]
Fourth I have the option of a Shared Folder between systems with Version control and a remote recycle bin stored on a central server I use 1TB storage options for this
And some more but those are the four hit points worth mentioning... [That i could remember at this point lol]
I used to use OneDrive [Formerly SkyDrive] but found when using Project folders spanning several gigabytes and many thousands of files it tended to bog down in syncs, hopefully this has been fixed but I use it for storing my .ZIPS now... in my personal OneDrive I have around 200GB~ at present and in my business OneDrive I have 1TB as well
My network has on average 30Mbits uploading capacity at present, so that was not a bottleneck for the syncs as 1.5GB per hour is an average with bursts shooting that to over 3GB... click images for full size view...
But I found that metering system to be inaccurate as in the past few days I have actually done much more than what is stated...
Also this is just one of three systems backed up in the last few days...
I have had Top Gear Burma and India Specials on repeat in HD for almost all the high download volume in sort of Cyan colour
for the past day
Oh and a fifth beauty of this is the systems can be restored to ANY other machine and not the same system in case of theft, usually restoring an image backup to a computer means Windows does not recognise the hardware and locks up forcing you to do a fresh install [But those of us with a little more history know to just re-install Windows on the same system to preserve the drivers and data when a secondary drive/partition is not optional either]
I hope this satisfies the thirst for curiosity
While I know SVN and Repositories have their benefits, I think the software for the common names out there are in need of a little simplicity... I find them silly and over burdening because I have a working simplified version which is further more complex and advanced... not because I cannot figure them out... because I did, and did not have SSL at the time to make them worthwhile... there is more to the tale of them being used but some companies have certain requirements and at the time, these options did not meet them. the options I have to me both meet and exceed my requirements as do they my company as I have both SSL connectivity and Encryption on data... again both locally and remotely...
[Albeit SVN etc. do work better in larger than 1-5 system scenarios which is the limit of my toolset at present [Though they have pricier options available]
OOOH also I get emails when a backup had succeeded or failed with log reports of what took place including connectivity issues
[Just got a success email which made me add this lol]
