BackupAssist

BackupAssist

Developer(s)	Cortex IT Labs
Stable release	V9.5 / October 27, 2016
Development status	Active
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Server (2003 or later). Microsoft Small Business Server (2003 or later). Windows OS (XP or later).
Type	Data Backup & Disaster Recovery software
License	Commercial proprietary
Website	https://www.backupassist.com/

Microsoft Windows Server (2003 or later).

Microsoft Small Business Server (2003 or later).

BackupAssist is a backup and disaster recovery software for physical and virtual Windows servers. The software is modular, meaning customers can pick and choose what they want in their server protection software. It provides specialized protection for Microsoft Windows Server, Windows Small Business Server, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server. Other add-ons provide remote backup and recovery for branch offices and roaming users, and tape backup.

BackupAssist can perform full image backup and replication. These can be full or incremental. Backups can be compressed and encrypted with up to 265-bit AES. Backup Verification (also known as Backup Validation) can be performed before, during and/or after a backup job to make sure it is performed successfully. It offers granular restoration (recovery of file-level items or smaller data pockets) for SQL, Exchange, and Hyper-V servers. In the case of Exchange Servers, this includes items like e-mails, contacts, attachments and calendar data.

Using Rapid Recovery, lost or damaged Hyper-V Guests can be instantly brought back online with BackupAssist. Rapid Recovery involves running the guest off their backup media to ensure zero downtime. While the Hyper-V guest runs off the backup media, a full recovery can be performed.

Near-continuous backups and point-in-time restores of SQL Servers can be performed with BackupAssist, reducing Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) to five minutes.

BackupAssist offers a module that supports remote backup and recovery using Rsync. Data transmissions happen on the bit level in order to minimize bandwidth consumption. Data transmission is done incrementally using single-instance storage (SIS).