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The eRemoteBackup Online Backup Service works like regular data backup software, but with one important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape drive
or other media attached to the computer it is backing up, eRemoteBackup sends the backup over the Internet to our online backup
server safely offsite. It does this (usually) at night while computers are not being used. Online Backups can also be done on-demand, any time.
It is completely automatic. In fact, you may even forget its working. Most businesses put their lives on the line every
night and don’t realize it. With businesses depending more and more on the data stored in their computers, proper backups are becoming
much more critical.
Online Backup can be done on a schedule, reliably. Most businesses don’t do this. For one reason or another, they don’t keep a
regular backup regimen. Usually it’s because the person responsible for doing backups (if there is one) is too busy doing something else,
or someone is using the computer when it’s time for a backup, or they simply forget. Since remote backups are done with automated software
usually at night, when nobody is using the computer, backups are always done on schedule.
The correct files are backed up. Ordinary backup software is often installed with a list of files to be backed up. This
set of files usually represents the state of the system when the software was installed, and often misses critical files. Further, it
often fails to back up files that get added later. Compounding this problem, VERY few businesses take the trouble to reset their backup
software regularly to include new files.
Our Online Backup Solution solves this problem by constantly reevaluating the computer system, adding files to the backup
as needed. Several full copies of files are stored using a sophisticated version control system unavailable in most other backup software
of any kind. This is much too important to overlook.
The general definition of "proper" backups requires redundancy. One must keep multiple copies of the same files at
different points in their development, called versions. As an example, you should have a different copy of each backed-up file for each
backup session. Further, you should be able to easily restore any of your files up to any given point in time. Banks do it, big
corporations do it, and so should small businesses. Only eRemoteBackup has such an easy to use version control system.
Our Remote Backup Solutions are encrypted for complete security. Tape backups are not generally encrypted, so anyone
can read them and gain access to client database, billing records, payroll, tax info, and everything else on computers.
Our Secure Backup Solution encrypts its backups using your choice of eight of the strongest cryptographic methods in the
world for complete security so nobody, not even eRemoteBackup, can read the files.
Finally and most importantly - Backups are immediately sent offsite via the internet and stored safely away from the clients' computers
and their businesses. This is where almost every business makes its biggest mistake. Even if they do everything else perfectly, backups
are of little use if their building burns, or they are unable to physically recover their tapes from the premises. Most small companies
who do backups leave the tapes in the building with the computer, where they can be destroyed right along with the computer.
Of course, you can see that this would be a problem in a fire, flood, hurricane or an earthquake. But it's also useful in
emergencies where businesses are forced to evacuate their offices quickly. Even businesses that do backups and have good, undamaged tapes
have to shut down. Many go out of business simply because they don't have access to their data.
Our Internet Backup Solution solves this problem by automatically storing this valuable data at more than one site. So, a
business can be back up and running with new computers and their latest data no matter what catastrophe happens.
The eRemoteBackup Client software is automated and keeps track of the date and time and type of the next
backup, and "hides" on the System Tray without interfering with any other program.
At a predetermined time the eRemoteBackup Client software "wakes up" and determines which files need backing up, and
what kind of backup (out of three possibilities) is scheduled for that session. It then compresses those files into archives that can in
many cases be only 5% to 15% of the original file sizes. These archives are then encrypted using an encryption key known only to the
client.
After backup files are compressed and encrypted it contacts our computer and sends its backup. The backup is verified for
integrity before sending and while being sent, then again after it reaches our Remote Backup Server. This ensures that the copy of the backup that's on
your server exactly matches the copy that was
 sent from the client.
After the backup is sent to the Remote Backup Server and verified, the client returns to Idling state, once again "hiding" until the next backup time.
Restoring Data
eRemoteBackup Clients restore their data using an easy to understand user interface.
Clients simply pick the RESTORE option from the menu, tag the files they want to restore, then the Client software
restores the files.
The Client sees a list of all the files available for restore on our Remote Backup Server. This file listing is sorted by Backup Set
Name and Backup Date. The file listing usually contains several versions of the same files. This is part of the exclusive Version
Control system built into eRemoteBackup. This system lets Clients restore any version of their files - not just the latest version.
Clients can select files and sets of files by tagging and untagging files individually or in groups. The File Finder
feature of eRemoteBackup is extremely powerful. With a single selection clients can select (as examples) the latest version of
all files; only a particular subdirectory; a single drive letter or files who's names match a certain criteria. Files can be untagged the
same way. So, you can come up with virtually any set of files you want to back up by using combinations of any or all t aging options.
When the files to be restored are all tagged, eRemoteBackup restores them. You have the option of putting files
back where they came from, or restoring them somewhere else.
Major Features
Here are some of eRemoteBackup major features.
Encryption - Our Online Backup Service supports these encryption standards and bit lengths. The multi-encryption
feature makes eRemoteBackup the most secure backup software available.
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- DES 56 bits
- TDES (Triple DES) 168 bits
- Rijndael AES (new US Federal Standard) 128 bits
- Rijndael AES 192 bits
- Rijndael AES 256 bits (most secure)
- Blowfish variable key length to 448 bits
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Secure Key Generator Clients can enter their own Encryption Key, or they can use eRemoteBackup Key
Generator. The Key Generator creates "statistically perfect" encryption keys that are much more secure than human users can create.
Faster 'Streaming' Transfers - Our Internet Backup transfer is up to four times faster than traditional backup software,
especially where many small files are being backed up.
Predefine Include/Exclude Files - You can predefine Backup Sets with files preselected for Include or
Exclude, AutoSelect ON or OFF, and other Backup Set definitions.
Bigger Backups - Unlimited file size and count.
Disaster Recovery System - Clients should make sure their Encryption Keys and Passwords are safe. But, just in
case they don't, eRemoteBackup Disaster Recovery System makes it easier to restore them from Key Disks that can be generated
by the Client.
Scheduled Start Date - Allows scheduling a Backup Set to launch at a future date.
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