Egnyte Review - Best Online Backup

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Online backups are becoming more and more popular as people realise just how valuable they are for protecting data from disaster.? Once, users relied on their PCs for file storage, as well as the secondary devices, such as CDs and USBs, that they used for backing up data in case something happened to the computer itself.? These secondary devices were useful, of course, but they were not, being subject to the same risks faced by the computer.

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The facility to store data online, away from computers and devices, has been welcomed throughout the computer world. The only problem users face now is deciding which one to choose because, in recent years, such services have proliferated.

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Egnyte HyrbidCloud ? the Features

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Backing Up

Egnyte provides continuous online backup tailor-made for business use. Users can store their data online knowing that it is secure and accessible as and when they need it, from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

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Egnyte HybridCloud?s service is made up of two components ? Egnyte Cloud File Server, and Egnyte Local Cloud, which is private cloud storage that can hold local copies of files on the PC, network-attached storage, unified storage systems, or virtual machine.? Data stored here is synced automatically with the Cloud File Server, giving users the option of fast access to local files, or the flexibility of remote file access.

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Data Restoration

Files can be accessed directly from any desktop, laptop, PC or Mac. It is integrated with Explorer on Windows, and Finder on Mac. It can also be accessed from most web browsers, and Egnyte?s? cloud integrations such including QuickOffice,? Google Docs, Salesforce.com, and Ricoh printer/scanners. Access from mobiles, too, is available with native applications for Android, iPhone, and iPad.

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File Sharing

With Egnyte users can create shared, permission-based folders, for collaboration. The folders can be accessed, at any time and from any location with an internet connection, by employees and clients with the correct authority.

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Users can also share files on an ad-hoc basis, or with a large audience. Links can be created and embedded in emails and documents, as well as web pages. They can be used with social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and with instant messaging tools.

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File Versioning

Egnyte provides file versioning that ensures that, when a change is made to a file, a new version is automatically added to the folder that contains the previous version.? All file versions are time-stamped, and other relevant details, such as the name of the user who carried out the changes, are added.

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Price Plans

Two plans are available for small business use; the Group Plan, which is suitable for a group of five employees, which provides 150GB (gigabyte) of storage for $24.99 per month, and the Office Plan, which covers ten employees, provides 1TB (terabyte) of storage, and costs $44.99 per month.

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A larger plan exists for big businesses; this one is the Enterprise Plan, which provides 3TB of storage and costs $12.99 per employee, per month.?

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The maximum file size that can be uploaded to the smaller business plan, the Group, is 2GB, but for the other plans, it is unlimited.

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Desktop syncing is provided with every Egnyte account.

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Free Trial

Egnyte offers a free fifteen-day trial which, although it asks for a lot of information during set up, requires no credit card details.

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Security

During transfer of data to online storage, Egnyte uses 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption to encode the data. This level of security is trusted by banks as well as the US Government which uses it to protect classified information.

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Once backed up, data is stored on Egnyte RAID6 servers, which are encrypted automatically using 256-bit AES, which ensures that files are not available to anyone without the user?s permission. The encryption key is kept in a secure vault, which is a separate database. In addition, administrators can, if required, replicate data to a secondary Tier II SSAE 16 compliant facility, where it is again replicated on RAID6 servers.

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Customer Support

No telephone support is provided by Egnyte, but users can email 24/7 for assistance. There is a Knowledge Base, with a search facility that can be accessed for information; alongside that, there is a Community Forum, where questions can be asked of other Egnyte users, FAQs, and a variety of informative documents, guides, and training videos.

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Conclusion

The main drawback to what is a very good online backup solution for business, is the lack of telephone support. In the corporate world, being able to talk to a real person when a problem arises is essential. Having only email support available means that business users will have no idea how long they will have to wait for a response, or even if the response they get will be adequate. This could result in expensive time wasting.

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The price plans with Egnyte are straightforward and easy to understand, and the amount of information that the user has access to for guidance is impressive.

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All in all, Egnyte is business-friendly, apart from the lack of telephone support, and reasonably priced, and will meet the backup and storage needs of many businesses.

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Visit www.egnyte.com

Source: http://www.online-backups.net/egnyte-review/

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