Carbonite Business Backup
Carbonite's small-business backup offering covers computer data and, depending on the selected plan, servers. Its separate former Endpoint Backup product now appears as OpenText Core Endpoint Backup.
A scope built around your needs.
Your priorities and current setup
What your own team keeps
Agreed responsibilities and next steps
PLATFORM GUIDE
Carbonite cloud backup for computers and servers
Carbonite is a cloud backup brand owned by OpenText, which acquired it in 2019. Carbonite Safe backs up individual computers to the cloud, and business plans add server backup, endpoint backup for remote laptops and central management. OpenText has been bringing some Carbonite business products under its own name, so you may see both brands in documentation and invoices.
Where it fits
Carbonite fits small businesses and professionals who want automatic, offsite copies of files from their computers and, on some plans, their servers. It runs in the background and keeps multiple versions of changed files, which helps when a file is deleted by mistake or encrypted by ransomware. It is not a replacement for file sharing in OneDrive, SharePoint or Google Drive, and data that lives only in Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace needs its own backup tool. Offices with several servers or strict recovery time goals may need image-level backup with local copies as well.
How EVERNET helps
We help you check whether Carbonite protects the right data or whether a different backup approach fits better. Setup includes choosing the plan, installing the client, selecting folders and system data to back up, setting encryption, and confirming the first backup finishes. We run test restores so you know how long recovery takes, and we watch for computers that have stopped backing up. If you are moving to or from Carbonite, we keep the old backups until the new system has enough history. Our backup and disaster recovery and business continuity planning services cover the full plan, from backup to recovery steps.
Before you start
- Data: Note where files really live: local drives, mapped network drives, servers or cloud storage. Default settings may skip some of them.
- Device list: Count the computers and servers to protect and check which plan covers each type.
- Account ownership: Use a company email for the account so backups and billing stay with the business.
- Security settings: Turn on multi-factor sign-in. If you choose a private encryption key, store it in a company password manager, because the vendor cannot recover it for you.
- Bandwidth: Large first backups can take days on slower connections, so plan the start date.
Questions before you get started.
Is the recovery need for workstation files, servers or a managed fleet of endpoints?
Describe the data and systems that must be recovered, including whether the priority is individual files, a server or employee endpoints across the organization. Carbonite's business portfolio spans different needs. Use the workload and recovery procedure to identify the appropriate current product before comparing plans.
Which current Carbonite or OpenText product matches those workloads and restore procedures?
Check the exact product name against the workload. Carbonite Safe Pro and Safe Server Backup address small-business backup contexts, while the former Carbonite Endpoint Backup appears as OpenText Core Endpoint Backup. Review the selected offering's current requirements and restore process before treating a broad Carbonite BDR label as a specification.
Can EVERNET help with this workflow?
Yes. We help you connect the tool to the work your team needs to do, from evaluating fit to planning implementation and support. Tell us what you use today and where work gets stuck. We will outline responsibilities, deliverables and costs so you can decide how to proceed.
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