Cobian is definitely simple enough for a typical user. You define and
name a task, then you can configure a lot of different options, most of
which I never use. In one office where I have it installed, it is set to
run at different times between 17:00 and 22:00 every day, trying to
stagger them a little and based on the typical work patterns of the
users. Everybody backs up to an external drive attached to a workstation
in the front office. The office manager swaps drives on Fridays, taking
one home with her. I configure the local directories I want backed up,
the destination, the schedule, and what to do after it's done. On that
last point, for the workstations I have them shut down the system, on
the server I don't.
There are a number of advantages to running as a service, most of which
I don't really understand, but the main one is that it's just not in
your way as a service. It can be run as a program, with a shortcut in
the Startup folder of the Start Menu, but then you actually have it
sitting on your task bar all the time. As a service it sits down in the
Systray and only pops up at the scheduled time, presumably when nobody
is sitting there trying to type something.
Van
On 28/11/2010 6:07 AM, pixellle@aol.com wrote:
>
> Van, thank you so much for this clear and very helpful explanation.
>
> I took a look at Cobian and read the FAQ. It seems a bit intimidating.
> Is it simple enough to use for a reasonably-savvy-but-no-tech-expert
> user, if you don't need some of the more advanced features?
>
> Also, could you tell me the difference between using the program as a
> service verses a program?
>
> Are you familiar with TeraCopy? It seems that Cobian is a more
> advanced program. Could I, for example, set Cobian to copy this 1 TB
> drive but break the job into start and stop times? In other words,
> could I set it to work on the copy between 11 pm and 7 am for a week
> or as long as it takes to complete?
>
> If not, and the program runs in the background, does it take much
> resources? Would I have trouble doing other jobs in the meantime? (I
> work on a laptop running Windows Vista, with 4 GB RAM on a 32-bit
> system. My processor is an Intel Core Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26 GHz)
>
> Thanks so much! I'm so grateful for the information!
>
> Beth
>
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