So far this year we’ve had two hard drives crash on us, and prior to that we’ve never had a hard drive crash on us. One of the crashed drives was on our web server, where we would have lost a year and a half worth of content and files if we did not have local backups. Our backups saved the day, and we were thankful to have them.
We’re asked quite often what we use to perform backups of our site, and our preferred choice is SyncBackSE. Earlier this year we purchased a license for SyncBackSE because of what a vital application it had become. Not only does it connect to our web server to backup the files on our website, but it also backs up three other computers located on our local network every night. Important things such as our music and pictures are backed up between all three computers to help ensure that nothing could possibly go wrong.
What’s so great about SyncBackSE? You can customize nearly everything for your backup and synchronization tasks. Here are some of the different options available for every task that you create:
- It can backup only the files that have been added or changed since the last backup.
- Access an FTP to backup or synchronize the files.
- Email you the results of a backup so that you can see if there was an error for some reason.
- Restrict/throttle the amount of bandwidth that is used to prevent it from bogging down a network.
- Have backup files compressed so that they consume less hard drive space. If you choose to compress the files it will also be able to add AES encryption (128-bit, 192-bit, or 256-bit) to that ZIP file.
When you begin creating new tasks you may not see where you can edit all of those options, but that is because SyncBackSE is trying to hide the confusing stuff from the average user. It actually has two different interfaces for configuring tasks, one that is simple and another that is advanced, which can be toggled from the “Click For Options” button located in the upper-right corner of the task modification screen:
Simple Backup/Sync Configuration:
Expert Backup/Sync Configuration:
SyncBackSE has saved my butt on more than one occasion, and I don’t think that I would ever remove it from my network. To me it is as critical as running antivirus and firewall software, and in some instances it is probably even more critical. Just like security software you’ll take it for granted as it does all the dirty work in the background without ever interrupting you, but it will be there when you call on it!
–The Giveaway–
This giveaway is going to work a little bit differently than the others, and it is important that you read this paragraph. Each winner will not receive a license, but will instead get a $30 coupon to use at the 2BrightSparks store. In this round we have 3 of the $30 coupons to giveaway, but we’ll also have another round later on for one of their products, OnClick, where we’ll give out a few more coupons. Both SyncBackSE and OnClick cost $30, so the coupon will work with either or.
All you have to do is drop a comment below providing both your name and email address in the appropriate fields. We obviously need your email address for contacting you in the event that you should win. Believe it or not, we’ve actually had winners in previous giveaways get randomly selected, but since they didn’t provide an email address we had to pick someone else.
Just as with all of our giveaways we will be using a random number generator to determine the winners. For this round, here is how we’re going to give out the coupons:
- 1 winner will be picked from comment numbers 1 through 10
- 2 winners will be picked from comment numbers 1 through however many comments there are.
Entries for the giveaway will be accepted up until December 4th at 5:00PM Central Time.
Hello. Great Start!
love your site!
add me
I’m in, thanks!
Could you please let me know if there are any free backup solutions that exist out there, which work just as well..
Happy Birthday CyberNet! I am in, thanks for the giveaway!
I am in. Thanks!
Count me in please!
Count me in!
Even though I wonder why you waited until this to register your copy of SyncBack, since the freeware is only licensed for personal use.
count me in!
Nice!
Add me to the list
Happy birthday
@Mit : I use Cobian Backup 8, which is free and open source and has all options I need. [educ.umu.se]~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
wow good software ..thanks
Great!!
Happy Birthday Cybernet!
That looks like it may actually work for me… Even if I don’t win, thanks for pointing this out!
Nice! that looks backup tastic!
Helloz I’m in!
ON a related note this post has been locked due to excessive spamming, and if you post after me, you WILL get a virus.
Sign me in.
Great site by the way.
looks good…would love to get a license…
Bumble Bee Tuna.
Hjärtliga gratulationer! Congrats in Swedish that is..
I use the free version of this package, and it’s great!
me me me!
And if you don’t have to worry about backing up a server you might use Karen’s Replicator. A simple but excellent program that does almost all syncback does & it’s free!
[karenware.com]
Wonderful software. I use it to backup the server at work. Would love a license for at home.
Thanks Cybernet!
Throwing my hat in the ring…
I’ll give it a shot.
i´m in too, and thanks in advance…
The only advice my Father ever gave me was “You’ll never get anything for nothing Son!” I’m here to prove the cantankerous old duffer wrong!
Love, Light and Peace
JC
Mathematical!
Happy Birthday. Thanks for all the work with the site, its been fun keeping up.
Im in
Pick me!
I use the free version of SyncBack and it is great. Thanks for the giveaway.
Another thanks.
I’m in too
Count me in too
Happy BD!!!
One for me please!
Why not?
Great software, been using the free version for a while
Looks like a great program. Thanks.
What are the chances? This is the second piece of software that you’re giving away that I use daily (well, the free version)! Nice!
I love SyncBack, a great time saver for making back ups. I use the freeware version, and I would love to get a chance of upgrading
I’m in this one too!
Happy Birthday Cybernet!
Looking for a good backup solution.
Congrats.
I’m In
My entry
Sheesh – another one that I’ve been using in freeware guise for a while… Are you reading minds?
Hmmm… a coupon giveaway? So I could use it for something else at their site. Neat. Not that SyncBack’s a bad product though.
Why not…
I do need this one
Count me in please!
lets see how it handle next to rsync
I’ve lost a website that wasn’t properly backed up and it was horrible. Let’s hope it doesn’t have to happen again.
Looks like a great app
i want this
Count me in.
Count me in too
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I’m in, thanks.
Count me in! //steve//
I would love the full version (through coupon) of SyncBackSE. I use the free version but this year our district changed how they name student users and syncing up only my students directories (so I can grade projects at home) has become a nightmare. Thanks
Missed seeing this entry yesterday, add me as well.
Wonderful site, keep up the good work.
Wow, one more time for a great gift!
I’ve tried one called GoodSync as well as using MS’s Synctoy. Both are okay, but the options are limited. This looks like it has a gazillion options.
Yessiree, I’m all in!
Mahalo!
w00t!!
The answer to all my backup needs!
Being greedy but I am entering all giveaways.
Let’s try our luck with this other one
give it to me or else…..
Count me in.
I love Syncback, and would love to get SE for free!
captcha: spoon… but… there IS no spoon !
Hi!
Great stuff! Sign me up.
I’m in.
thanks for the opportunity
Steve
Count me in. Thanks.
I use the free edition, and it works great. Here’s hoping I win . . .
Sweet. Happy Birthday!
Yes please; I’m just about to reinstall so a decent backup would be handy next time around.
I’m in
//MrIbra
I use the free version, would love a full version.
Thanks
Happy B’day CN!
Happy birthday
Happy Birthday, Cybernetnews.com!
Thanks!
Happy Birthday!
please.