Backup strategy

Backup retention and management

Although the in-built scheduling and schemes will provide you with backup history, there are features in BackupAssist go a step further.

For example, if you backup to a 200GB USB HDD and want to reserve 40GB for other purposes, you can choose to use up to 160GB for your backups, as shown below.

Another example where this is handy is if you backup 3 servers to a terabyte NAS, and want each server to use 300GB of disk space for backups.

Keeping local copies of backups

Keeping the last few backups on a local hard drive is extremely handy, as it allows you to restore data quickly and easily without having to retrieve and restore from an external backup device.

Run scripts before / after the backup

If you have a requirement to run commands before and after the backup, this can be easily achieved with BackupAssist. You can even run commands conditionally, depending on whether the backup failed or succeeded.

Setting rules about backup retention allows you to share devices across multiple computers or for multiple purposes


Keeping local copies of backups is extremely handy and easy


Run scripts easily before and after the backup