Online backup solution?

[adammazza]

<it geek> I backup nightly to 2 different NAS devices. With storage so cheap, I ended up accumulating a few. To get data to it. I either use rsync on my Macs or syncbackup pro on my PCs.

But this doesn't help if my house burns down, and with all the photos my wife and I take, we backup 2 PCs to Mozy. I think we pay ~$100 a year for both and have unlimited space. For my music collection I use mp3tunes because I've been using them forever and somehow have a free account until 2011.

</itgeek>

 

[adammazza]

Oh, and backing up is only part of it. As someone who has deleted stuff by accident, I can tell you that it's really easy to recover data from Mozy.

 

[karrot-x]

I just started Mozy; it took 148 hours to backup 120GB. I hope recovery does not take this long. So far, each incremental backup has been quick.

My pipe or machine were not the bottle neck.

 

[adammazza]

I just started Mozy; it took 148 hours to backup 120GB. I hope recovery does not take this long. So far, each incremental backup has been quick.

My pipe or machine were not the bottle neck.

What is your upload speed?

 

[DigMe]

I use Carbonite. My concern wih external drive was fire, theft, etc... You can retrieve files from any computer at any time.

If you search google you can find a coupon code that cuts the price down to something like $46 a month. Good deal.

hrs

 

[L-A]

You guys all have unlimited data transfer with your ISPs?

 

[anyonefortennis]

a single usb hard disk wouldn't be too bad coz the chance of the internal computer hard disk and the usb hard disk failing at the same time is very very low, specially if you unplug the hard disk's power when not in use.

personally I have 2 hard disks in my server, one backs up onto the other weekly using SyncBack. I also occasionally take a backup of the server onto my desktop in case something takes the whole server out (like a power supply failure taking out both disks).

SyncBack rocks.

 

[adammazza]

You guys all have unlimited data transfer with your ISPs?

For now I do....

 

[karrot-x]

What is your upload speed?

That's about accurate. I'm also wrong, it took 100 hours for the first 30GB and ~140 for the remaining 90GB's. However, the nightly incremental's are efficient and I can push another 1-2GB's prior to closing the lid on my laptop to sleep.

Regardless, my upload was not the bottle neck, Mozy's logging software showed me pushing out a max of 300Kb/s. I really hope a full restore wont take 200-300 hours.


I'm thinking rsync to S3 might be a better solution for my needs. I don't trust Mozy at all; one of these days I'll attempt a full restore.

 

[L-A]

For now I do....

It basically doesn't exist for individuals around here. A 120Gb backup would cost me upwards of 100$ of excess transfer. My monthly limit is 30Gb of combined bandwidth. That costs almost 50$ per month.

 

[adammazza]

That's about accurate. I'm also wrong, it took 100 hours for the first 30GB and ~140 for the remaining 90GB's. However, the nightly incremental's are efficient and I can push another 1-2GB's prior to closing the lid on my laptop to sleep.

Regardless, my upload was not the bottle neck, Mozy's logging software showed me pushing out a max of 300Kb/s. I really hope a full restore wont take 200-300 hours.


I'm thinking rsync to S3 might be a better solution for my needs. I don't trust Mozy at all; one of these days I'll attempt a full restore.

You should check their support site or email them I think they throttle uploads and/or downloads.

Adam

 

[DigMe]

You guys all have unlimited data transfer with your ISPs?

Yeah.

bc

 

[playinpearls]

i just did a speed test with clear, which i just got rid of....i didn't have good signal, so my download speed was .07 mbps... It was a rough 2 months..

cable internet tomorrow...

 

[gaudenti]

I'm thinking about starting online backup. Mozy and Carbonite are still the top choices? Is one better than the other?