JESUIT - 'gadget' Ep 103 - GoodSync Backup

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On this episode of 'gadget' we take a look as a bit of software from Siber Systems. "GoodSync" is a low-cost (free for personal users) backup solution that is not only easy to use, but works with all major local and network storage options.

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so when's the last time you backed up
your PC
on this episode gadget we're taking a
look at good sick
from cyber systems would like to thank
our production sponsors the University
Catholic center
the governor province of the Society of
Jesus and Gateway
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now let's get right to the tech backing
up
is one of those things that most of us
don't wanna do even though we know we
have to
I mean especially in this day in age
when we have so much of our information
in digital format on hard drives on on
CDs a
located wherever it might be we we do
need to back up that the problem has
been
that even if we're really good about it
even if we do make backups even if we do
copy our most vital information
synchronizing and updating and making
sure that we've got the most recent
Kapisa what we really need is
not an easy task especially nowadays
when we have so much more information on
the cloud in the cloud you know it in
email FTP servers 0
was stored services wherever they might
be we need a product that can
easily take all of that bring it
together and decide according to rules
that we set down
what needs to be backed up where it
needs to be put it how
often we need to have a fresh copy made
well we're taking a look at a piece of
software today I know that's a little
strange for us we don't know man look at
software but this was sent to us by one
of our friends over at cyber systems who
without that we might be able to use
this as a nice way too well
you know take care of our own storage
needs and this is what we found:
good thing Pro is a comprehensive
software backup solution
from cyber systems it's designed to give
users a single easy to use interface
with access to all your data
storage devices and online resources
goods and can operate in one of two Moz
synchronization a backup in
synchronization mode good simple update
all selected files and file locations
across multiple devices
computers and storage areas in case of a
conflict were both directories have a
version of the same file
good single use a series of rules to
determine which file will win
the right to be synchronized in backup
mode good single copy all the selected
data
21 or more storage devices using good
sink within the default synchronization
promoters is a simple four-step process
you start by choosing the file directory
driver device that you want to backup
good sink has the ability to work with
any storage device connected to the
local computer
any storage resource can access cross
the local network as well as with
storage resources in the cloud
this means that you can use FTP and
secure FTP servers
as well as toward services like Amazon's
s3
or Web death the second step is to
choose the storage that is to be
synchronized or used as a backup device
you have all the same options as in step
1 you can use hard drives flash drives
tape drives network drives as well as
the same cloud options
that you could choose in the first step
clicking the analyzed button will tell
but sing to scan the selected files
directories
or cloud devices to give you a visual
representation of the file sizes
age and the actions that good simple
take either to copy files to the left
to the right or to leave them as is the
final step in the process is to click
the sync button
and to let goods and copy the files we
tested good sync with everything from a
few thousand small files to several
multi gigabyte video clips
and we recorded speeds between 11 and 36
megabytes per second
it seems that the speed up the
synchronization process itself
is only limited by the speed up your
computer and the speed of the connection
to the storage
for those who want a bit more control of
the backup and synchronization process
goodSync provides an abundance of tools
and parameters let you start could sink
up on system startup
control log files filter particular
types update out at the backup
and control a dozen or so more
configuration options
however it's important to note that you
really don't have to do any of that
good sink has been designed to work with
its default parameters for 99 percent
abusers
just looking to back up their data you
can also create individual jobs or
automated backup tasks
you can choose what is backed up when
goodSync will try to do the job
and what parameters are to be followed
when seeking files
we found this to be especially useful
for those who run web sites are online
content repositories
since could sink works just as well with
the cloud is with local resources
it can be a great way to protect your
online content
could sing pros available by download
for thirty dollars
if you will be using good thing for
personal use only you can download a
free version of the software but it has
limited numbers of files and job seekers
asians
no free upgrades and no phone support
now there are better backup solutions
out there there are cheaper solutions
out there
there are ways have backing up that
don't require any software beyond what
you already have on your computer
but you see here's the thing backing up
is really an
individual activity in other words you
need to find a solution that will work
for you
you need to find a piece of software a
set of hardware
a process that will make you want to
back up and this might be
well your way of doing that if so you
got the most advanced backup system if
you got the most advanced backup
hardware if you got network-attached
rise if you've got
stored services in the cloud and yet you
can't bring yourselves to
to easily set up the rules and the
filters that you need in order to make
sure that your data is protected will
all of that comes to nothing
I think that could sink gives you one
more possibility and especially the fact
that you can download it for free and
try it out
and if you like it if you want to use it
for a larger set of data if you want to
use it for your enterprise for your
business
you can buy for thirty dollars in and
then you have a tool that is not only
very easy to use
but just might convince you to make
backups when you otherwise wouldn't
now you know i i don't want to endorse a
specific product for backup because I
think that backup is just one of those
things that we need to do
but I get I want to stress that if you
like what you saw
if you like how easy it was for us to
set up the
good sync backup if you like how is it
was forced to create jobs in
to to transfer data between our FTP
servers and I'll
you know well Amazon's s3 well then you
gonna want to take a look
at good sick it's available now if you
go to www dot goodSync dot com you can
download it or for a little extra money
you can ask for the media to be sent to
you
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