Backup/Restore Services

• Should your computer be integrated with IT systems (WISMAIN for Windows, JAMF for Mac), the backup application will automatically be installed (domain computers).
• All new computers installed in the WIT lab will have the backup application preinstalled.

• Regular backup of your computer, from anywhere.
• Recovery of data in case of theft, accidental deletion or destruction of your computer, from anywhere.
• Restoration of information when replacing computers, and transfer of data from old computers to the new ones.
• The ability to return to previous versions of backed up files in case of deletion or information encryption (ransom attacks).
• The ability to add personal folders to backup jobs.

The service is supplied free of charge to Weizmann users, with up to 250 GBs of backup storage.

Starting on January 1, 2025, charges for inSync service will be calculated as per the storage required by the most recent backup only for each computer and user. Storage exceeding 250 GBs only is counted, with each GB exceeding a total storage capacity of 500 GBs (including the entire backup history) being charged 0.60 NIS.

• Registration by department administration via Internal Services required.
• Installation and management by IT department only.

• Latest version backed up in (typically) nightly backup cycle, with a maximum of 10 recent (last active) copies stored over a period of 30 or 90 days (depending on period specified in Internal Services registration). The last active copies of files deleted at the source are retained for 548 days.
• Payment is for incremental (new) data transferred to backup during a monthly billing cycle only, not for cumulative data stored on the server.

• Registration by department administration via Internal Services required.
• Installation and management by IT department only.

StorWIS

• Latest version backed up in (typically) nightly backup cycle, with a maximum of 10 recent (last active) copies stored over a period of 30 days. The last active copies of files deleted at the source are retained for 548 days.
• PAYG (Pay As You Go) payment, with charges based on cumulative data stored on server.

WEXAC

• Latest version backed up in (typically) nightly backup cycle, with a maximum of 3 recent (last active) copies stored over a period of 30 days. The last active copies of files deleted at the source are retained for 10 years.
• PAYG (Pay As You Go) payment, with charges based on cumulative data stored on server.

• Images can be restored to PCs other than the original ones that were backed up.
• Multiple snapshots may be created per user settings.

• Self service.
• Archive is part of the WEXAC service. To access it, you will need to register to the WEXAC service and access \\data.wexac.weizmann.ac.il\lab_name-arc.
• To trigger an archive, you will need to copy files/folders to your <lab_name-arc> path.

• Only files 5 MBs and up in size will be transferred to the archive. Small files must be packed (using compression software) into a single large file to meet the minimum file size requirement.
• Your files/folders will be transferred to the archive after seven days, and will occupy disk space until then. Beyond the seven days, files will be displayed with their original names, but will actually be stub files. A stub file does not store the original file content,  and is in fact a link to the full archived file. Accessing actual file content requires a retrieve operation from the archive. This is done via a copy/open file operation, with files retrieved from the archive after they are opened.
• The \\data.wexac.weizmann.ac.il\lab_name-arc path's quota is 2 TBs.
• Archives are retained for 10 years.