There are a lot of backup solutions out there and while most do an adequate job of backing your data up to an external hard drive, flash drive or NAS device, archiving to optical media is, more often than not, just an afterthought. In the case of DIGISTOR's REWIND software, its sole purpose is to archive your data to Blu-ray disc and it does this quite well. Created to work on both Mac and PC, REWIND's user-friendly interface provides access to both basic and advanced feature sets. Its three step archiving system is simple enough for a novice, yet powerful enough for more experienced users. REWIND also includes features like automatic file and folder tracking as well as the ability to update an existing archive. With its ability to span multiple discs, you can also keep an archive going forever. Restoring your data is just as easy and with the app embedded on the disc, you don't need to have the software installed on your computer.
That being said, there are a few features I'd like to see included in REWIND. First and foremost is some sort of encryption. If you're archiving confidential data, there needs to be some way to prevent people from accessing the files on a disc if it should fall into the wrong hands. I'd also like to see some sort of versioning built into REWIND. The software already has the ability to track and keep files in the archive up to date and being able to restore an earlier version of a file would be very useful. Lastly, I'd like to see both Mac and PC restore apps on the archive discs. The way it is right now, if you create the archive on a Windows-based PC, you cannot restore your data to a Mac using the embedded app.
REWIND is available now and comes bundled with DIGISTOR's external Blu-ray drives. The software can also be purchased separately through DIGISTOR's website as well as Amazon.com for $49.99.
