Maximized compression. Minimized storage space.

Before your files are encrypted using your own unique encryption key, they are compressed using state-of-the-art compression technology. This compression ensures that it will take less time to perform your backup. And because each file is significantly smaller, you use less storage space on our servers.

More on file types.

Different file types tend to compress to different levels. Some files, such as multimedia files like MP3s and pictures are already compressed, so you will see little additional compression. Other files such as Microsoft Word documents and databases can compress more than 80%. While your compression results may vary, the following chart displays some representative results for certain files based on actual data. For many files, compression rates depend a great deal on the ratio of text to binary information. For example, you will notice a much better compression for Microsoft Outlook .pst files and Microsoft Exchange databases if most emails contain only text rather than binary attachments.

The following table shows some average compression rates for several different types of commonly used files. Please keep in mind that your compression results may vary.