Comments on: Online Backup Services I Highly Recommend

By: Backups & Redundency | Verloggers Place

Backups & Redundency | Verloggers Place — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:23:21 +0000

[...] remote offsite backup is actually affordable nowadays. I’m now using a company called Mozy (thanks to DazzlinDonna) who offers unlimited storage for offsite remote backup for only $4.95 per month, and I use it on [...]

By: Backups & Redundency for Your Life and Your Data | New Orleans Internet Marketing

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:31:40 +0000

[...] backup is actually affordable nowadays. I’m now using a company called “Mozy” (thanks to DazzlinDonna) who offers unlimited storage for offsite remote backup for only $4.95 per month, and I use it on [...]

By: Top Software Tools: Readers Recommendations : Codswallop

Top Software Tools: Readers Recommendations : Codswallop — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:29:40 +0000

[...] Finally, DazzlinDonna recommends these backup solutions [...]

By: Nik Smit

Nik Smit — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:33:50 +0000

I use Mozy and am quite happy with it so far. It does seem to be taking a bit longer to upload my initial back than I’d hoped (even with very fast bandwidth), but would still recommend it, for the peace of mind of having it offsite.

You can actually try Mozy for free if you like (you have to hunt around the website to find the option, but its there, limited to 2Gb I think).

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:22:41 +0000

I now use both an external hard drive and mozy. You can never be to careful about backups.

By: Ken Teegardin

Ken Teegardin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:51:07 +0000

In general, I am against paying any repetitive maintenance fees but based on your article, it could make sense. I purchase a Maxtor external backup drive with software to continuously protect my computer(s). The cost was about $150. This is about 3 year of maintenance fees and I could still lose everything in the case of a fire. It does look like the smart way to go. Thanks for the scoop.

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:43:53 +0000

Awesome post Donna, you just helped me make my decision. I hope you used affiliate links!

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:29:40 +0000

Very interesting, Dave. I’ll be sure to check out the beta. Thanks for letting us know.

By: Dave Friend

Dave Friend — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:24:25 +0000

Donna-

Thanks for all the kind words on Carbonite. You�ll be please to know that backup scheduling will be available in the next release of Carbonite. If you want to try it out, just go to beta.carbonite.com and sign up for a trial. Carbonite�s scheduling gives you two ways to schedule, not just one. You can say �Only do backups during the following hours??? or you can say �Don�t do backups between the hours of x and y???. Give it a try! I also think you ought to try the restore process. With carbonite, you just open �My Computer,??? navigate to the files or folders that you want to restore, right click and say �restore???. It�s a patent-pending integration with Windows that none of our competitors have. You�re doing a real service to remind your readers of the importance of backing up. A few years ago (before Carbonite) my laptop was stolen and we lost some irreplaceable kid pictures � one of the events that stimulated the founding of Carbonite.

Dave Friend
CEO, Carbonite Inc.

By: hidave

hidave — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:33:31 +0000

No online service can provide backup if your Internet access is provided via satellite. This is because of their FAP (fair access policy). In the case of WildBlue (for example), uploads are limited to 5 GB in any 30 day period. I have a 300 GB hard drive (lots of photos, videos, etc), so uploading it anywhere for a backup just isn’t possible.