How it Works
OBS includes the Online Backup Manager (OBM) software that is used to create and manage your backups. The OBM will first compress and then encrypt any new and changed files before transferring them to the Online Backup Server.
The diagram below describes how OBM backs up your files.
Run backup at scheduled time automatically
OBM has a customisable backup schedule allowing a backup to be scheduled at any time. Once you set your backup schedules, backup jobs will be started automatically to perform backup operations without requiring any input from you. You can have backups running at your scheduled times as often as you want (e.g. twice a day or hourly during office hours) without requiring any extra work.
Incremental backup
Files that have not changed are already backed up to the server so they do not need to be backed up again. The OBM will pick the new or updated files from your backup set files and upload only these files to the server. This significantly reduces the time required to perform a backup since most people only update less than 5% of their total data each day. In-File Delta technology further speeds up backups of large files by only backing up changes in the file, instead of the entire file again.
Compress and encrypt data automatically
Data is compressed and encrypted before it is uploaded to the server. Not only does this reduce the transfer time and storage space required to keep your backup files on the backup server, it also ensures the privacy of your data.
File retention policy
The built-in file retention policy allows you to access multiple versions of the same file or even deleted files from your backup set. Backup files are put into a retention area before they are removed from the server. If you want to get back a deleted file (or you want to get back previous versions of updated files) within the retention period, these files will always be available in the retention area. This feature is particularly useful when you have accidentally deleted a file or incorrectly updated a file within the file retention period (the file retention period is user customisable).