Ocster Secure Storage: More than Online Backup
This article compares Ocster Secure Storage to other ways of creating backups in off-site locations (often called Online Backup).
Disclaimer
Not all Online Backup products are alike. This text compares Ocster Secure Storage to the general concept of Online Backup, not a specific product. There may be other products out there that also offer some of the benefits that Ocster Secure Storage offers and that have nevertheless been simply labelled as "Online Backup". The intention of this text is not to bash these products.
What is Online Backup?
Online Backup is a system to store backup data via the internet in some off-site location. Usually this system is comprised of:
- a locally installed client software that prepares the backup data
- a web service that handles the data sent from the client software
- some kind of system to store the data (like a hard disk, in the simplest case)
Advantages of Ocster Secure Storage
With the definition given above, Ocster Backup: Freeware Windows Edition and Ocster Secure Storage together form an Online Backup system. But Ocster Secure Storage offers much more than plain vanilla Online Backup:
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Multiple copies
Ocster Secure Storage stores multiple copies of your data. Even if something goes wrong, like hardware failing or a server overheating and starting a fire, your data is still safe. |
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Multiple locations
Ocster Secure Storage not only stores multiple copies of the data, it also stores these copies in different geographical locations. So even if a disastrous event (e.g. a hurrican or an earth quake) destroys a whole city then Ocster Secure Storage still has copies of your data in other cities. Your files remain safe, even under the most dramatic circumstances. |
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Professionalism
Ocster Secure Storage does not simply store your data on a web server. Instead, it is stored in professional data centers that are run by specialists for data storage. The chance that something goes wrong because of human error is thus much lower than with systems that simply store the data on normal servers. |
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Strong, Military Grade Encryption for Transmission and Storage
Ocster Backup: Freeware Windows Edition and Ocster Secure Storage do not only strongly encrypt all data before transferring it over a secure internet channel, the data is also stored in highly encrypted form. |
Conclusion
All in all, Ocster Secure Storage offers a lot more security and reliability than simple Online Backup products.