A proper back-up solution
I’m going to try and mention this only one more time. This blog has been hacked into three times since it began way back in September. Furthermore, I suffered a hard-drive failure in December, and lost all blog posts prior to that. Each time, I’ve learnt something new and I’ve finally decided to spend some money on a proper back-up solution, MozyHome Unlimited.
It’s a data back-up service (obviously) which basically copies and stores all of your data on a server somewhere (I think). I’ve been using it now for only two days, and I’m already impressed.
Essentially, you sign-up online and download their software application. Once you’ve installed the application, you begin a setup wizard. You need to enter your Mozy username and password, and follow the rest of the instruction. Both installation and configuration where a breeze, and after about 10 minutes, I was away.
Mozy’s application runs in the background, uploading all of your files without you even knowing. You can choose exactly what you want to back-up. However if you think you’re going to suffer a data loss soon, only back-up your most important files. All of my data won’t be backed up for another 2 weeks! Of course, if you’ve got a faster internet connection than me, your data will be uploaded quicker.
However, once the initial back-up is complete, future back-ups won’t take as long as only files which have been modified since the last back-up are uploaded.
For those looking for a simple, yet safe and effective back-up solution, then Mozy really is the answer. I do worry however, that downloading all of the data again may take a long time.
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Alison
April 30th, 2008
Another opton for online backup is Carbonite. They offer unlimited backup for only $49.95 per year. Carbonite works a lot like Mozy. It installs with just a few clicks and it securely backs up your files automatically. There’s no limit on the amount of data you can store and recovering files is really easy too. If you’re interested in Online Backup, Carbonite is definitely worth checking out. They offer a free 15-day trial at their website. http://www.carbonite.com.