Tier1Backup.com has a simple Windows Explorer-based user interface, making it easy for users to schedule when and how often backups are performed, and which files they wish to backup. Once a user has scheduled their backups, the operating system takes over, running the backups automatically at the scheduled times when the PC or laptop is switched on.

How secure is Tier1Backup.com?

Once the backup has taken place, the data is compressed and secured with military level blowfish encryption before being sent safely over the internet to the dedicated Backup Servers, located in our ULC-3 Secure data center.

How easy is it to restore lost data?

If you ever need to restore your system from one of the backups held on our servers, it couldn’t be easier. Just open Tier1Backup.com, go to the Restore tab, select the files you wish to reinstate and click on Restore Now.

How do I know how much storage space I will need?

The amount of storage space you are likely to need depends on the data that you wish to backup. To find this out, open up ‘My Documents’, select all the documents, right click and select Properties, then click on the General tab at the top. The Size on Disk field will tell you how large the My Documents file is. If you wish to backup the whole of your ‘My Documents’ folder, then a fair estimate for the amount of storage required would be between 60 and 80% of your current data capacity – remember, Tier1Backup.com compresses your data before it is encrypted and sent over the internet for storage, so you only pay for compressed data.

Data Security

The website uses a Secure SSL key to ensure all transactions are completely secure – from opening a trial account to paying for your subscription.

The backups that you perform are also ultra secure: - Tier1Backup.com uses 448-Bit Blowfish encryption to encrypt your data from the moment your data is prepared to be sent over the internet to our servers. Once backups arrive at the Tier1Backup.com servers your files will remain encrypted with 448-Bit Blowfish encryption, protected by firewalls in our ULC-3 Secure Data Center; meaning that only people with the secret encryption key are able to access them.

FastBIT Compression Technology

Do you use the same files day-in, day-out? Perhaps you update the same spreadsheet every day, or add payments, invoices and purchase orders to your accountancy package? How does your current backup system deal with these changes? Many backup systems will store the whole file again, even though only a small percentage of it has changed. This uses up your valuable storage space, and costs you money.

Tier1Backup.com has the answer - FastBIT™ File Compression Technology.

This revolutionary technology is an integral part of the Tier1Backup.com service, reducing each backup performed by up to 99.9% - because you don't need more capacity to store your data, you are saving both space and money.

FastBIT begins to work the third time a file is backed up – the first backup is a full backup, and the second is an incremental backup. From the third backup onwards, FastBIT compares the first version of the file with the latest version, and extracts the differences between the two. These differences are known as a Patch. This patch file is often 85% to 99.9% smaller than the original, complete, file which is where you make your savings.

System Requirements

Tier1Backup.com is a client based software application, downloaded to PCs and laptops via the internet. In order to be able to download Tier1Backup.com successfully, you will need a computer with the following minimum specification:-