This website is inspiringly simple
Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
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#42This website is inspiringly simple
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm referring to what you get when you click the download button at the top of the page. So that's the last beta?
No, that's the actual app. As it says right under the button - Two-week unrestricted trial Anytime upgrade to paid status
Ah I see. It says so under the button at the bottom of the page, but not under the one at the top.
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, that's the actual app. As it says right under the button - Two-week unrestricted trial Anytime upgrade to paid status
Ah I see. It says so under the button at the bottom of the page, but not under the one at the top.
Oh, good point. I totally missed that, thanks.
(Edit) Better now?
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#45I know this isn't the main purpose of the software, but has there been experiments with a bvckup being restored on a different piece of hardware? I'm not talking completely, changed the CPU and architecture, but more like different drive sizes and such.
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#46I know this isn't the main purpose of the software, but has there been experiments with a bvckup being restored on a different piece of hardware? I'm not talking completely, changed the CPU and architecture, but more like different drive sizes and such.
It's a file-level replicator, it is just not meant for system/image backups, because those need to be aware of MBRs, partition tables and other non-FS elements.
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#47Author's here. A bit of a background on the project if I may. I wrote the original version several years ago. It was purely for myself, to automate the way I was doing the backups at the time. I also threw together a website and put it online, just because and with no hope that something this simple would be in demand. Then went on doing other things like having kids and what not. Fast forward to 2012 and there's a c…
not sure why you claim it has an excellent UI, it's a very simple UI with the usual toolbar (who has those anymore? I guess that's a Windows thing.) To me, it looks like one of the basic autogenerated MFC apps with a toolbar and list view that I made dozens of in the 90s. I guess I'm spoiled on a Mac and don't need additional tools (or UIs) on Linux.
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#48Author's here. A bit of a background on the project if I may. I wrote the original version several years ago. It was purely for myself, to automate the way I was doing the backups at the time. I also threw together a website and put it online, just because and with no hope that something this simple would be in demand. Then went on doing other things like having kids and what not. Fast forward to 2012 and there's a c…
Consider adding a Corporate tier to your pricing plan
Corporate
$499 per year
- priority support email address
- early access to new releases
That's just an initial guess at a price. For a corporate plan it could likely go much higher without you having to provide any real extra service beyond "I will give you the corporate plan email address and promise I always read those emails before the emails of the other plans".
To take that a step further, you could rename the other plans to "Hobbyist", and "Small business".
You could do these things without changing anything else about the app (everyone still gets the same app). You don't even have to worry about the annual fee beyond setting up a little system to track when a company's year is up and auto-emailing the buyer's address asking for more money. If the address no longer works or if they don't respond it doesn't cost you anything and you've already profited from the larger upfront charge.
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#49I know this isn't the main purpose of the software, but has there been experiments with a bvckup being restored on a different piece of hardware? I'm not talking completely, changed the CPU and architecture, but more like different drive sizes and such.
It's a file-level replicator, it is just not meant for system/image backups, because those need to be aware of MBRs, partition tables and other non-FS elements.
Yes, that's what I feared.
I might start using it at work, in association with CloneZilla, the latter for deployment, and yours for user's data safety.
Thanks for the reply!
Re: Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows
#50How does it compare to http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/ ? Apart from the delta copying the feature list sounds similar. I find the FreeFileSync UI quite usable.
I, too, have found freefilesync to be the best option so far for windows. Changed everything over from Synctoy recently. (I mirror everything I want to backup to a home server, then do cloud backups from there using crashplan.)
I may have to give this a try, although it would be nice to see some figures on just how much faster it is, to see whether it would be worth it.