System Recovery Online is a reliable service that works exactly as
advertised--backing up your data automatically via your broadband
connection to its offsite data storage complex and allowing you to
retrieve files as you wish. The data is hosted by industry stalwart
Connected so it's also a pretty safe bet. Unfortunately, in a world
where 1GB or 2GB of online backup can be had for free (Elephant
Drive, Mozy, Fabrik) System Recovery Online is, how shall I put
it...expensive. Prices start at $10 for 1GB and $15 of 5GB, and
they go up from there.
The SRO software client that sits in your system tray performing
the backups is easy enough to use, if not the handsomest on the
block. And unlike services such as Mozy, you can use it to restore
files as well. There's no option to restore via a Web browser,
which is generally considered a good thing by IT types and
businesses that want to close that particular gateway for security
purposes. However, the average user--including yours truly--would
like to be able to retrieve data without installing the client.
If you like the no-Web approach, SRO is fairly competitive with
other SMB-oriented backup services such as Acpana and @Backup. But
for most users, the question remains...Why pay when you don't have
to?
Note: This link takes you to the vendor's site, where you
can select the version of the software that goes with the storage
plan that interests you.
--Jon L. Jacobi
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System Recovery Online
- Version: 6.3.1
- Downloads Count: 1,066
- License Type: 15 Day Trial
- Date Added: Nov 15, 2007
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP
- File Size: 707.0 KB
- Author: Systemrecovery.com
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