Remote FTP Storage - FTP Offsite Rsync Data Backups

An offsite backup solution is a secure, simple and affordable solution to backup important data. Offsite Backup solutions are used by tens of thousands of organisations in the UK. Organizations of all sizes with an Internet connection can benefit using an offsite backup solution. At HostXNow, we use Rsync back up software tools, which is one of the easiest ways to backup your important data.

How does Rysnc work?

Rsync is one of the best backup software tools. It was originally designed to replace rcp, the vulnerable old Unix remote copy program. Because of its sophisticated means of synchronizing and transferring files and directories, rsync is widely used for mirroring Web sites. Rsync transfers only the changes in files, using the really clever rsync algorithm. It calculates difference without needing both files to be present.

Rsync greatly improves efficiency when compared to traditional remote backup methods. By synchronizing only those files that have changed since the last backup, using rsync results in large bandwidth savings.

Rsync when combined with on-the-fly compression performs a daily rsync backup, this can result in less data transfer than it would take to perform two backups using the .tar.gz method in a given month / week / day. Rsync is effectively deployed on load balanced servers, and it plays a major role in synchronizing data amongst all the database and http servers. Many leading business websites use rsync to ensure 100% data transfer amoung two or more servers.