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« on: August 20, 2008, 09:19 AM »
Hi *.*,
I have been looking for years but still I am unable to find a backup utility that fulfill all the 7 requirements as listed below:
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1. A modern and fast backup engine - supports multi-core cpu and 64 bits O/S.
2. Support Unicode / Unicode aware
i.e. Able to backup/restore files or folders names in multiple languages, irregardless of how Windows language is set.
3. Efficient and easy backup job setup with filter.
A backup job is typically a definition of what are the source items (folders and files) to be backup to certain target (a backup archive on certain storage).
A filter in a backup job means a mechanism to define what are the source items (to backup) by file or folder name patterns.
Backup job filter should:
a) Support wildcards and/or regular expression - thus able to automatically include future folders or files which match certain name patterns.
b) Support a way to easily define a "include all and exclude few" or the other way round "exclude all and include few" scheme.
c) Or even a folder-treeview with checkbox on every tree-node. Just tick to select.
The challenge here is not to simply provide the a), b) and c), but also integrate them and make sure they work together nicely. An intuitive user interface is very crucial such that user won't get confused when using more than one of the a), b) or c) at the same time.
4. Able to group backup jobs and act (backup/ restore) base on the group.
For modern backup utility, the ability to backup/ restore base on a backup job is fundamental requirement, in practice, we need more powerful/ flexible feature - that is the feature which allows user to group multiple backup jobs and acts on (meaning to backup or restore) the group.
5. Efficient user interface.
I understand that Wizards/ wizard-like interface are very helpful especially for newbies/ general PC users, but a more sophisticated and centralized interface, where one can do almost everything or access every feature is a must for serious/ power users.
6. Able to selectively backup registry key(s) rather than just backing up the whole Windows registry like an ordinary files.
i.e. besides folder and file, I think the registry should be treated as a collection of registry keys and individual registry key should be a candidate of a backup job.
7. Advanced Data Stream and folder junction aware.
Able to backup ADS is so crucial for user with multimedia files that tagged with ADS.
It should be user's choice whether folder junction should be treated just like other source item (say treat it like a shortcut LNK file) or as an ordinary folder (that contains folders or files).
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and I am very sad, I can't find a backup utility which does all the above...
If anyone knows any backup utility that fulfill all the above requirements, please kindly quote it here, and I thank you in advance!