Bvckup 2
Infrastructure
file replication and backup
SHOW HN2019
154points
93comments
#269of 2,195 in 2019
Top 13%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Design: 9 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, well-designed UI and attention to detail
From 4 comments
I've been a huge fan of the UI design of bvckup for years -- the attention to detail is heartwarming.
yboris on HNI used this back when I was on Windows - an absolute delight to use. As a developer I hope to someday create something as useful and well-designed as this tool!
justsomeguy3591 on HNI love the focus on the UI/UX and performance. Looks like a solid, highly-efficient application, something that is sorely missing (or at least hard to find) on Windows
kup0 on HNLove the UI. Did you use some off the shelf UI library or is that custom?
kuroguro on HN
Small, fast and reliable
From 2 comments
1MB executable and a short, simple EULA. Wish more software came like that. Given the lack of dependencies, have you considered offering an installer-free download? (The way Mark…
rkagerer on HNI've used Bvckup 2 for years and found it the most reliable solution for PC-driven backup and replication jobs on Windows. It has a few high-level feature limitations that have…
ryanoshea on HN
Shows Windows desktop software can succeed
From 1 comment
Hi there, you have my upvote. I have been trying many solutions for a fast deltacopy-based file replication, and yours is really the best. I am a solopreneur too, living on my…
tabulatouch on HN
Objections
Price is high, especially for personal use
From 2 comments
"If you are familiar with "robocopy /mir" - same idea, but on steroids. Lots of them." Do you have any comparisons and/or benchmarks. Doing the quick 10 second scan of your site…
thrownaway954 on HNI tried bvckup2 maybe a year or two ago. But I stopped using it because of a couple of license issues (?). The thing is, my work machine is Windows but my employer doesn't have a…
AnonC on HN
No benchmarks provided
From 1 comment
"If you are familiar with "robocopy /mir" - same idea, but on steroids. Lots of them." Do you have any comparisons and/or benchmarks. Doing the quick 10 second scan of your site…
thrownaway954 on HN
Lacks incremental versioned backups and multi-disk splitting
From 2 comments
I'm trying to wrap my head around the use case here. I love to support well crafted native software so don't take this as a negative question. I often use a tool such as Arq or…
mruszczyk on HNDoes this support backing up many TB many million file data sets to multiple smaller target disks? I've been looking for a utility which can handle filling a disk with as many…
Xamayon on HN
Requests
Benchmarks and comparisons
From 1 comment
"If you are familiar with "robocopy /mir" - same idea, but on steroids. Lots of them." Do you have any comparisons and/or benchmarks. Doing the quick 10 second scan of your site…
thrownaway954 on HN
Verification of copies after copying
From 1 comment
I'm very interested in this software. Does it do a bit check after copying to make sure that the copy can be read and is the exact same?
pfarnsworth on HN
Cloud storage integration such as S3 and Azure
From 1 comment
Does the website say whether it can be used for backup to S3/Azure/GCP/etc? I looked and couldn't find either yes or no.
yodon on HN
Installer-free download
From 1 comment
1MB executable and a short, simple EULA. Wish more software came like that. Given the lack of dependencies, have you considered offering an installer-free download? (The way Mark…
rkagerer on HN
Questions
Does it replicate NTFS metadata and attributes
From 1 comment
Does the tool replicate NTFS extended attributes, reparse points, short file names, hardlinks, timestamps, and other metadata I can't think of at the moment correctly?
mehrdadn on HN
Does it work with Synology NAS
From 1 comment
How does this integrate with a synology nas ? I've been thinking about picking up a synology nas.
boromi on HN
Alternatives named
robocopy
From 1 comment
"If you are familiar with "robocopy /mir" - same idea, but on steroids. Lots of them." Do you have any comparisons and/or benchmarks. Doing the quick 10 second scan of your site…
thrownaway954 on HN
FreeFileSync
From 1 comment
Free alternative freefilesync.org
nanobyte109 on HN
Arq and Veeam
From 1 comment
I'm trying to wrap my head around the use case here. I love to support well crafted native software so don't take this as a negative question. I often use a tool such as Arq or…
mruszczyk on HN