BarracudaWare Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup

BarracudaWare Yosemite Desktop/Laptop Backup Overview:

Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup is easy-to-use software designed to continuously backup and protect the user data on your Windows computers. Unlike scheduled backup software that operates on a periodic basis, Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup tracks the revision history of your files as you save or delete them and automatically replicates your backup data to designated storage locations such as network storage or a USB drive.

• Transparent protection of files as they are saved or deleted, not according to a schedule
• Near continuous protection of open files, including Microsoft Outlook PST files
• End users can rollback to previous versions or restore accidentally deleted files without IT intervention
• Windows Explorer integration through right-click context sensitive menus
• Search functionality to recover lost files
• File exclusion rules to refine the backup selection policy
• Replication to network storage or locally attached backup device, such as a USB drive
• Optional corporate policy server to standardize and centralize data protection policy

Features:

Backup Specifically Designed for Desktops and Laptops:

While data stored on file servers can typically be backed up on a schedule, desktop computers are often shutdown during typical automatic backups to save power. During these same backup schedules, laptop computers are generally not connected to enterprise networks. Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup is specifically designed to backup and protect data on these desktop and laptop computers by backing up data on a continuous basis when in use, storing changes on file save or file deletion operations locally. For open files, such as Microsoft Outlook PST files, near-continuous protection is facilitated through automated hourly backups to local storage.

Through this local backup cache, Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup enables end users to easily rollback to previous versions or recover accidentally deleted files — even when disconnected. Once reconnected to network storage or a locally attached backup device, Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup sends the changes to your user data to your remote data vaults stored on the network storage or backup device to enable complete data recovery in the event of disaster.

Easy to Use:

End users can recover data on their own without waiting on their IT groups. When users need to rollback to a previous version, they can right-click on the file name in Windows Explorer to reveal options. Alternately, a control panel available through a Windows system tray icon enables a search for the recovery of lost files.

Flexible:

Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup enables the specification of file exclusion rules to ensure that only the most important data is backed up. A corporate policy server is also available to standardize data protection policy across the enterprise.

Deployment:

Model Comparison:

 

Feature Comparison	Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup	Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup Enterprise
Number of computers protected	1	Up to 5,000 (purchased separately
Continuous backup of files when saved
Near continuous backup of open files
Backup locally when disconnected
Synchronize to connected data vaults
Restore without IT involvement
Included policy server
Centralized configuration
Centralized data protection policy
Centralized retention policy

 

Feature Details:

Continuous Backup
Files are protected as they are saved to disk. Minimizes financial impact of data loss by insuring the most-current versions of user data are protected.

Near Continuous Backup
Supports mobile users by protecting and allowing recovery of user data independent of network connectivity. Whenever network connectivity is reestablished, all document changes are replicated to the administrator-defined data vault(s).

Restore without IT
Intuitive right-click menus allow users to search for and recover deleted files or restore previous versions quickly and easily. The intuitive, self-service restore capability reduces the strain on limited IT resources and increases both end user and administrator productivity.

Centralized Configuration
Enables a single administrator to centrally manage the configuration, data protection and retention policies of all corporate users.

Centralized Data Protection
Enables organizations to actively enforce protection policies for data retention across the entire organization to ensure that high value information is managed according to defined business rules.

System Requirements:
 

Agent Requirements

On the desktop or laptop Windows computer, you must run the Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup Agent.

Operating Systems Supported:

• Windows Vista
• Windows XP Pro or Home with Service Pack 2 or later
• Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 or later

Prerequisite Software:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 *
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

Disk Space Required:

• 20 MB for Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup agent
• 40 MB for .NET Framework

Data Vault Requirements

Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup will back up protected files to any file server that uses Microsoft’s Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol for Windows file sharing:

Operating Systems Supported:

• Windows Storage Server 2003
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows 2000 Server
• Most Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances **
• Linux and other “Unix-like” systems running Samba **

Storage Space
Storage requirements vary widely and depend on the mix of protected documents, the principal activities of your users, and the number of user computers. Contact your Barracudaware sales representative for recommendations regarding the storage required for your particular environment.

* This prerequisite software is automatically installed, if necessary, during the Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup agent installation.
** Note that many NAS and Samba-based systems do not fully support Windows access permissions.

Documentation:

Download the Yosemite Desktop - Laptop Backup Datasheet (.PDF)