Aranda Datasafe backs up your activated devices automatically, at scheduled times. Data is deduplicated and encrypted prior to transfer and remains encrypted during transfer and when stored in the repository.
What happens before the backup occurs?
To start backing up a device, you’ll need to activate the device for protection. During activation, the protection agent will be downloaded and installed on the device. The protection agent will go through an authentication process before indexing and backups can begin.
Before the backup begins, the agent indexes the file system. The index is created once and is updated in real time as files are added, modified, or deleted from the file system. Real-time indexing **ensures that a time- and resource-consuming scan is not necessary at backup time.
What happens during a backup?
During a backup, the index is referenced for new and changed business data; A VSS snapshot is created and the data is deduplicated to ensure that only unique data blocks are encrypted and transferred from the user’s device to the repository (storage area on your server).