Michael Knutson
08-10-2010, 06:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/153242/2010/08/arq_online_backup.html?lsrc=rss_main' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/153...l?lsrc=rss_main</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"There's yet another contender if you're looking for an online backup solution. Haystack Software has released Arq, a backup application that uses Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). Arq offers encrypted backups, flexible scheduling, and the ability to select and exclude files as you see fit."</em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1281417918.usr17748.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Using Amazon's Simple Storage Service (or S3), Arq from Haystack Software offers a convenient way to ensure that your data is backed-up - and more importantly, can be recovered. While Time Machine offers a good, reliable local backup option, Arq is designed to also be a complementary 'disaster recovery' restore solution. Data is backed-up and restored via simple drag-and-drop operations. Multiple versions are stored to allow 'point-in-time' restores, and backups can be encrypted. An Amazon S3 account is required (with somewhat complicated tiered pricing) for storage, and Arq costs $29 for a single-copy, or $49 for a five-user family pack.</p>