| The ideal PC Backup Software is designed keeping | | | | users. This delivers 90% reduction in bandwidth |
| in mind remote or mobile laptop users. The | | | | and storage, making the solution highly scalable. |
| product should be able to deliver high | | | | For the administrator to have complete control on |
| performance and security while backing up over | | | | what gets backed up, centralized backup policy |
| VPN or even unprotected WAN. | | | | management is also essential. The administrator |
| Powerful WAN optimization helps boost the speed | | | | should be able to view, guide and control granular |
| of backup over a weak link for remote users. | | | | PC backup policies. He/she should get statistics for |
| Such a feature detects the network type and | | | | the entire installation, and if needed, remotely |
| automatically manipulates packet sizes and level of | | | | monitor progress for every user. |
| parallelism to achieve optimal backup performance. | | | | Centralized backup consoles also offer a system |
| The administrator should also be able to set fixed | | | | health check and highly configurable reporting. The |
| (value-based) or variable (percentage-based) | | | | administrator can choose to get instant email |
| restrictions on bandwidth for connecting laptops, | | | | notification on important system alerts and |
| so that the rules can be made to vary depending | | | | notifications. |
| upon the connecting network. | | | | But the deciding factor is always security. The |
| But the must-have in PC Backup Software is | | | | most secure backup solution ensures this via |
| always Data Deduplication. This process saves | | | | client-triggered backup architecture and strong |
| "only a single copy" of content duplicated across | | | | 256 bit network and storage encryption. |