Backup via SCP: Modern Alternatives

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SCP backup is a venerable type of secure storage backup. It was quite popular once upon a time, but in the modern world of clouds and NAS storage units, this solution looks archaic.

Modern storage types have many advantages, and here we are describing these alternatives to backup SCP techniques!

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What Is SCP Backup?

The acronym "SCP" stands for "Secure Copy Protocol", which allows encrypting data while transferring them to a remote location. The SCP does not perform the encryption by itself. Instead, it refers to the underlying protocol SSH which provides authentication and security of the transferred data.

The Short History of SCP Backup

SCP appeared before SFTP, being its predecessor. In common terms, SFTP is a more comprehensive protocol, but SCP was a base for it. There was many SCP backup Windows software, although it also worked effectively under Linux and some other Unix-like systems.

Why Backup Via SCP Is Obsolete?

SCP is a predecessor of SFTP, a modern, popular and secure file transferring protocol.

When SFTP storage types spread widely, SCP was a remnant of the previous technological era, much like floppies. Speaking simply, in the modern world, SCP has no single advantage over STFP and cloud online backup!

SCP Backup Alternatives

SFTP Storage

SFTP is a direct successor of SCP, which provides a protocol for secure, fast file transferring via local networks or Internet. Handy Backup supports it via the dedicated SFTP Backup plug-in that provides easy connection to any SFTP service.

S3 Buckets

S3 is a secure protocol of online data exchange, which is a base of some business-level cloud services including Amazon S3 and Box. In Handy Backup, you can find the generic S3 Cloud Backup plug-in and dedicated cloud plug-ins.

The WebDAV Protocol

The last type of SCP backup replacement is a WebDAV cloud protocol. It allows connecting to most private and public cloud, and is secure enough for most purposes. For it, Handy Backup provides the generic WebDAV Backup plug-in.

Advantages of Using Handy Backup

Task Automation

Compared to old SCP backup script techniques, Handy backup provides a big level of automation for its tasks, including built-in encryption, compression, scheduling, calling for external software and so on.

Backup Control

With Handy Backup, you can easily use some things that serve as modern versions of such techniques as SCP incremental backup or keeping some versions of data simultaneously. It is a very flexible tool!

Easy Interface

To replace typical tasks (e.g. QNAP SCP backup) with modern methods of backup, Handy Backup provides you a simple but powerful graphical user interface with a two-mode New Task Wizard.