| Product Feature |
Secure Copy |
Resource Kit Tool RoboCopy |
Native XCOPY |
| Interface Ease of Use |
EASY - Intuitive GUI-Based allows for simple selection of both data to be copied and options to customize the copying job. |
DIFFICULT – The GUI interface is simply a replacement for the command line and provides over 50 checkboxes representing 50 command line switches which you must be familiar with. |
DIFFICULT – Runs at the command line only requiring knowledge of over 25 switches. |
| Architecture |
BEST – Enhanced multi-threaded architecture designed to provide the fastest possible copy time by analyzing the data being copied and optimizing the content of each copy thread. |
BETTER - Multi-threaded, allowing multiple copy jobs to run simultaneously. |
GOOD – Single jobs can be run with XCOPY, but you can start new Command Prompts to manually run simultaneous jobs. |
| Ease of scheduling copy jobs |
EASY – Driven from within Secure Copy, tasks are pre-populated into the Windows Scheduled Tasks, only requiring schedule and password be set. |
MODERATE - Can save jobs and separately schedule manually via Scheduled Tasks |
NOT EASY - Need to create Batch files and separately schedule manually via Scheduled Tasks |
| Copy-capable Data Sets |
Files
Folders
Attributes
NTFS Permissions
Ownership
Updates SIDHistory
Encryption Settings
Compression Settings
Last Accessed Date
Last Modified Date
Folder Shares
Local Users & Groups |
Files
Folders
Attributes
NTFS Permissions
Ownership |
Files
Folders
Attributes
NTFS Permissions
Ownership |
| Data Integrity |
BEST Preserves Created, Modified and Last Accessed dates of files and folders. |
POOR Files and folders obtain new date stamps. |
POOR Files and folders obtain new date stamps. |
| Mirror Capabilities |
Target matches source, including deletion of non-existent source files in target |
Target matches source, including deletion of non-existent source files in target |
Target matches source, including deletion of non-existent source files in target |
| Data Accessibility |
BEST Utilizes “Administrative Override” where even files and folders that are not accessible by the Administrator (due to permissions) are copied with permissions left intact.
|
POOR Cannot copy inaccessible files and folders |
POOR Cannot copy inaccessible files and folders |
| Filter Based On |
File/Folder Names
Extensions
Modified Only
Modified Dates
File Sizes
Folder Recursion Depth |
File/Folder Names
Extensions
In Source/Destination
File Times
File Sizes
Attributes |
File/Folder Names
Extensions
Attributes
File Modified Date |
Bandwidth Control Methods
Based on |
Time of Day
Thread Count
Batch Count
Batch Size |
Time of Day |
None |
| Locked File Control |
BEST Tracks locked files, continues the copy job and retries copying based on number of retry attempts and intervals. |
GOOD Automatically retries based on number of retry attempts and intervals but pauses the entire copy job while retrying locked file copies.
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None |
| Tech Support |
BEST Standard and Extended support available. |
None |
None |