Over 20 providers can be used, including Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage.Īlthough the backup host provides a discovery service, the client app has to be manually installed on each system. The standard package doesn’t back up data from apps such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server – that can be added with optional plugins – but all versions come with full cloud backup support. The web console has also had an upgrade, to accommodate these enhanced details, with a new geo-tracking feature showing where remote backup clients are located. A clever addition is a readout of the percentage of files changed in the latest backup – a high value could indicate suspicious activity. Reporting has been improved, too, with more detail on protected clients and storage usage and the option to regularly email the information to multiple addresses. One significant update in this latest release is support for immutable cloud storage, with user-definable retention periods to ensure that offsite backups can’t be tampered with by hackers or ransomware.
With a release history going back to 1989, Retrospect has plenty of experience with SMB data protection, and its Backup product continues to evolve.
