Reviews of Cobian Backup

1. 
   junkcatcher

   Reviewing 10.0.3.743 (Apr 8, 2011)

   I have used Cobian Backup since the early versions and it has saved my bacon on more than a few occaisions. Week in week out Cobian Backup performs unattended scheduled backups via FTP to a pair of cheap as chips LANS Disks without any hassle.
   
   Only real niggle is I much preffered the look of interface on the early versions.
2. 
   nbas

   Reviewing 10.0.3.743 (Jan 4, 2011)

   I'm not sure why so many people are comparing it to file synchronization programs. I guess people are thinking of rsync, robocopy, carbonite and friends. This is for backups, not synchronization. Sure, you could consider them to be one and the same - but I disagree. What if one of your documents gets corrupted, and you don't notice for a couple of weeks? It'd be unlikely that you'd be able to recover the uncorrupted version of the file.
   
   Cobian lets you keep an arbitrary number of copies with differentials as well as multiple locations for backups. Scheduling is quite useful, too - as well as the encryption and compression functions.
   
   I've found it useful for small companies -
   set up a fileserver (Windows or unix/linux)
   install cobian on all the desktops
   set it to back up each user to the fileserver
   back up the fileserver
3. 
   starrouter

   Reviewing 10.0.3.743 (Oct 28, 2010)

   For a no cost product, this is a rare find. It's full of robust features that you would find only on premium backup software. Scheduling, compression options, encryption, volume shadow copy, client / server options, and a host of other user definable options. I am currently using it in our workplace with a server / client configuration on our network to backup a host of remote user profiles. The product and the excellent support forum are cost free and are dependent on donations from the community so if you like it and use it, let your wallet be your guide and donate generously.
4. 
   Aegis69

   Reviewing 10.0.3.743 (Apr 29, 2010)

   This is the only free backup solution I know of that supports shadow copy on XP, which means it can run 100% in the background and backup running applications like Outlook, Thunderbird and Firefox without getting a 'file in use' error.
5. 
   asaenz

   Reviewing 10.0.0.699 Beta (Apr 19, 2010)

   I'm not a fan of programs that require .NET and the newer version requires 3.5. Seems like more overhead and additional complexity that I just don't want to add to my system that I try to keep as lean as I can while maintaining good overall usefulness. I'll continue to use the previous version until I run into something better.

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