The most important parameters are the source and destination directory for the backup. Filters are available to include or exclude specific file types and even complete subdirectories from the backup. These filters can be set for each folder individually which gives the user a lot of control over the files and folders that will be backed up.

File versioning and monitoring are two options that are available in advanced tasks only. File versioning can be configured to keep x versions of a backed up file before it gets deleted while file monitoring will monitor create, delete and change events and initiate backups whenever an event occurs. The default mode is set to realtime backups which can be changed in the program’s options. Another interesting feature of Yadis! Backup is the ability to memorize backup jobs if the destination folder is not available at that point in time. The backup will then be performed once the destination folder for that backup becomes available again.

Yadis! Backup is a free backup software for the Windows operating system. It can be downloaded from the developer’s website. No compatibility information are provided. It was tested successfully on a Windows XP SP3 computer system.