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When I first heard about Mozy I thought I’m not really going to use this, but I’ll signup and see what it’s all about. I had a Hard Drive failure about two months ago on a device I didn’t have a backup on. Now I got my data off, thanks to Ubuntu, but it did make me re-think my current backup plan. So I wanted a solution that would protect me in case of catastrophic system meltdown. I mean what happens if my office is gone? Where is my data, what do i do then? A couple of friends with IT Roundtable suggested Mozy to us several months ago so I thought I’d take a look. I signed up for a free 2gb account. And downloaded the install program, which by the way runs on windows and mac. And to be fair, I should point out that for every four of you that signup for their free account, I get an extra 1GB of storage. Now honestly, I don’t use the 2GB I have, but hey I’ll take what I can get. (I just want to be transparent with ya). Now I’ve only used their free version but I have to say it’s been amazing. I set it and forget it… Because of the 2GB limit on my free account I’ve set it to just backup my document folder, mail folder, iCal, and address book. which to be honest is the life blood I need to continue down the road.
Sure if I have a system failure I’m going to go to my local backup first, yes…it’s quicker cause it’s connected via firewire…but I can’t tell you how much comfort it brings to know that if the worst happens, or that drive fails, I’ve got an offsite backup that’s available 24/7.
ITchurch highly recommends Mozy, if your worried about your files and want to know your secure, Mozy is a fantastic option. Their personal accounts begin at $4.95 a month and Professional accounts offer 128bit encryption and the pricing structure is based off of Licenses at $3.95 each per month and storage at $0.50 / GB per month.
Jim Edwards is the IT Director for KCBT. Jim also began a print / web design company with his wife in December of 2006 called Edwards Design.
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I’ve not used it, but Carbonite offers unlimited storage at only $50 per year. Currently only on windows, but the promise a Mac client is coming soon.
I’ve heard twit.tv mention Carbonite, it sounds fantastic! I might need to do some further investigation on other options and prices and write something more complete up…Thanks Leeland.
Look before you leap!You may want to reconsider these types of all-you-can eat-backup services. Bandwidth is horrendous (except at the beginning) as it takes forever to upload/download files.
You should check out http://www.filebackup.net/
This backup service uses Iron Mountain/Connected software which is simply the best in the industry and which usually sells for 10x more. The software is paired with some of the best data centers around and there are no unreasonable limits on uploads downloads. The catch is that it is Windows platform only AND it tops out at 50GB. Does not do server, database backups.
To be transparent here, Michael Reagan you are the Director of Marketing for Filebackup, We’re sure it’s a fantastic product, I haven’t used it, but just to be fair Michael’s views would obviously be tied to the fact that he receives a paycheck from them.
We have edited his comments because although we at ITchurch are happy to hear positives and negatives about products, it’s probably not fair to work for one of them and slam the rest…..
Michael, no hard feelings, be happy your the first person to push their wares on ITchurch.com that didn’t just get deleted entirely, but your information seems helpful…thanks for posting.
No problem, Jim. I’m just trying to present information. As someone in the industry, I may follow the developments a bit more closely.
I think the free or almost free services do have their place. But anyone using such services should be aware that many are undergoing growing pains. One relatively new entrant, for example, recently had a 10-day outage of their service (that company shall be nameless).
This is the internet and everyone can easily make their own decisions. It’s not easy to be sure, but the sum of bits of info here and there helps.
Regards,
Michael
Thanks Michael, we appreciate your input.