BackupAssist Cloud Backup using WebDav
Highlights
- Cost-effective
- Reliable
- Fast Data Transfer
- Secure
- Ability to Resume Backups
- Reduced Storage Requirement and Destination System Resources
- Simple to set up, operate and monitor.
- Combine with local backups for a complete comprehensive backup strategy.
- Large file support - ideal for Hyper-V guests and Exchange databases
- Speed - full backups are 2x and 20x faster than Rsync (normal and encrypted respectively)
- No processing power is needed on the destination - it's just a file store
- Minimal overhead for encryption on the client, none on the destination
- Flexible seeding - option to use a separate portable seeding disk
- It's FREE!- if you own an existing rsync license and have upgrade cover
Resources
- Setting Up WebDav on Windows- This pdf explains how to set up and configure Microsoft Internet Information Server with WebDAV so that is can be used as a private cloud destination for BackupAssist.
- Setting Up WebDav on Ubuntu - This third-party page explains how to set up and configure Apache with WebDav.
- For NAS devices, you can find detailed NAS vendor instructions online, like the examples below:
How to set up WebDAV for Synology
If you follow the instructions in the link above, you will be provided with a WebDAV access URL with port number 5005 (http) or 5006 (https). You can use that as the Server URL required when you set up the WebDAV destination in BackupAssist. Alternatively, you can create a shared folder inside it that will serve as the destination, within which the Backup Container will reside.
How to set up WevDAV for QNAP
If you follow the instructions in the link above, you will have set up one or more Shared Folders with WebDAV access. You can use any of these folders as your WebDAV backup destination, within which the Backup Container will reside. For example, if folder was called "backup" on a QNAP NAS named webdavhost, the Server URL required when you set up the WebDAV backup in BackupAssist will be http://webdavhost/backup.
License(s) Required
- BackupAssist Core Module
- BackupAssist Cloud Backup Addon
- BackupAssist Cloud Backup StandAlone
You can install the free fully functional 30-day trial version of BackupAssist Server in just a few minutes on any Windows (or virtual) PC and immediately begin setting up your backups. To continue using BackupAssist after you've completed your trial you will need to purchase a license key.