Backup from FTP

Handy Backup features an integrated FTP client which allows interacting with remote servers and transferring data in both directions. Through its use, you can easily back up data from FTP server, or, vice versa, store your backups to remote FTP folder. Backing up offsite server's data can be useful, for example, when you need to back up a website which you have access to via FTP.

Handy Backup allows you to retrieve data from an FTP server and store it to any local media or networked PC. The Backup from FTP feature and capability of fast data recovery helps you avoid loss of data and expenses incurred due to server downtime. In case of necessity, recovery of data backed up from FTP can be started with a single click.

Backing up from FTP with Handy Backup

Backup tasks in Handy Backup can be built of data of different types. Data selection is done through the use of plug-ins (Disk Image backup, MS Exchange backup and other), presets (My Documents backup, Desktop backup, etc.) and "common" file and folders selection. Selecting the Backup from FTP option during task creation calls a dialog which allows specifying host name and login information and provides a comprehensible way of selecting remote FTP folders.

Handy backup has the following key features related to FTP backups:

• Proxy settings. Handy Backup enables you to back up data from FTP servers from behind an FTP, SOCKS5 or SOCKS4 proxy server.


• Secure password transferring. To transfer authorization information, the utility exploits MD4/MD5 cryptographic functions that are widely used in different fields of computing (e.g. in SSL protocol) and provide high reliability.


• Variety of options. Your FTP backups can be compressed, encrypted and assigned a time stamp, and all tasks can be scheduled for any day and hour and automatically repeated with any desired period.

For a full list of features, please refer to Handy Backup Features.

With Handy Backup backing up data from remote FTP server is very easy!