In 1985, Fred Fish was using tar to protect his business data and discovered he was unable to successfully recover it. Burned, he wrote an elegant piece of code for himself that implemented mechanisms to absolutely assure the accurate recovery of data. The BRU format, and subsequent BRU product, was born.

From its inception to this day, the development of BRU has been a classic example of “form follows function.” Design focus has always centered on the accurate recovery of data, and the backup function is the “form” that supports the recovery “function.” This design philosophy is what differentiates BRU from virtually all other backup approaches. Because of Fred’s vision and resolve, untold users around the world can rest easy knowing their data is safely protected by BRU.

The excellence of his code, continually updated and enhanced over the last 32 years, has stood the test of time. After all, it’s the restore that matters [sm], not the backup.

BRU implements multiple techniques during the backup and restore operations to assure that the data returned is accurate. The above test, using a tar format example, is but one example of the robustness of the BRU technology. Prove it yourself!