I like the fact that Cloudberry is just a desktop product that works with my existing S3 account. I have no idea where my data is stored and how secure it is with other online backup services. When I use Cloudberry I can verify with S3Fox that my data is in my Amazon S3 bucket and that it is encrypted.

I use Windows Home Server (and am a big fan of it), but options for off-site data backup have been very limited from the start. One of Cloudberry’s competitors initially offered a “beta” plugin for use with S3, but it was terribly limited in configuration options and support has since been withdrawn by the company. I’ve since tried every other backup option for WHS, but Cloudberry’s most recent entry into the market brought my search for the perfect backup solution to an end. Cloudberry offers a full-featured WHS backup plugin that looks every bit as polished as it is a joy to use. Backups can be scheduled and set to run automatically, with email notifications of their status; drive extender is fully supported; you can configured white lists, black lists, etc., to backup or ignore certain file types; and Cloudberry saves in a format that is fully readable to other S3 applications. On top of that, support from Cloudberry is phenomenal…staff is always hanging around their support forum, and emails to company staff never went longer than mere hours before I would receive a reply. Truly an A+ operation all around. I love Cloudberry Backup!

I’ve just installed Cloudberry Backup for WHS and first impressions are very positive. It integrates into WHS as a very polished add-in. The options are many, and it’s very easy to navigate. I’ve been able to setup 2 backup jobs without any issues at all. The S3 storage from Amazon goes hand in hand with this product and is a great introduction to Cloud(berry) storage!