POLL: How many of you are currently using Carbonite Online backup?

[jediphx]

http://www.carbonite.com/default.aspx



Thanks in advance

 

[Dulanic]

Tried it, will pass. Im better off just getting a backup HD, which eventually I will get around to doing.

 

[Mojoed]

I like it, it's great for lazy people like me. Oh, and use the promo code "Laura" at checkout for 2 free months.

 

[MrChad]

Using it, but found that if you let it backup automatically throughout the day it can really thrash the HD.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Why the fuck would I ever use that...

 

[Sasiki]

You forgot the plain 'ol option of No. I use Mozy Home, the free one. I'm thinking about doing the unlimited though for $55/yr. I like how I can choose the directories and schedule the backups. I have them scheduled for like 2pm. My wife is home at that time, mostly just dinking around on the internet. By the time I get home at 4, the backup is done.

 

[Goosemaster]

for everything: Mozy + TM to external HDD
for docs + settings: mobileme

 

[jediphx]

well i have an external HD but Im always afraid of it going bad.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Why the fuck would I ever use that...

Because it's an inexpensive way to protect against data loss?

Originally posted by: Sasiki
You forgot the plain 'ol option of No. I use Mozy Home, the free one. I'm thinking about doing the unlimited though for $55/yr. I like how I can choose the directories and schedule the backups. I have them scheduled for like 2pm. My wife is home at that time, mostly just dinking around on the internet. By the time I get home at 4, the backup is done.

Do they provide software that you're required to use, or can you just FTP files?

 

[AVAFREAK182]

whatever happened to plain 'ol hard drives?

 

[Mo0o]

I use Windows Live Sync to backup my important data across 3 different computers. Works for me.

 

[CrazyLazy]

I never liked the idea of backing up my data with a company that could very easily screw me over by going out of business or in a number of other ways. Not to mention the hassle of uploading stuff on slow ass internet. I prefer to just do multiple backups on various hard drivers. Cheaper, faster, and less chance of getting screwed.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
whatever happened to plain 'ol hard drives?

Nothing wrong with that as long as you store one off-site and keep it up to date.

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
I never liked the idea of backing up my data with a company that could very easily screw me over by going out of business or in a number of other ways.

If they disappeared, it'd only matter if it happened at the same time as a hard drive failure; otherwise you just find a different backup provider. If you're worried about security, encrypt your files before they get backed up.

Not to mention the hassle of uploading stuff on slow ass internet. I prefer to just do multiple backups on various hard drivers. Cheaper, faster, and less chance of getting screwed.

As long as your house doesn't burn down.

 

[LtPage1]

Cool service. I think I'll stick with local backups, though.

 

[nageov3t]

I backup to a hard drive once or twice a year and keep the drive in my fireproof safe in my closet along with my passport and birth certificate.

I don't really have a whole lot of data on my PC that I couldn't get over losing... the only really important thing to me is my documents folder, which contains basically everything I've ever written since high school, both academic, creative, and anything else. I back that up onto 2 dvd's as needed and keep one in the aforementioned safe and another at my parents' house inside one of the miscellaneous boxes in their basement of stuff that I never bothered to take with me when I moved out.

 

[MotionMan]

No and no.

MotionMan

 

[CrazyLazy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
I never liked the idea of backing up my data with a company that could very easily screw me over by going out of business or in a number of other ways.

If they disappeared, it'd only matter if it happened at the same time as a hard drive failure; otherwise you just find a different backup provider. If you're worried about security, encrypt your files before they get backed up.

Not to mention the hassle of uploading stuff on slow ass internet. I prefer to just do multiple backups on various hard drivers. Cheaper, faster, and less chance of getting screwed.

As long as your house doesn't burn down.

I store it on multiple drives in different places, not just in my house. If a meteor storm hit my town I'd probably be screwed, but I'd have other issues to deal with at that point.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I backup to a hard drive once or twice a year and keep the drive in my fireproof safe in my closet along with my passport and birth certificate.

I don't really have a whole lot of data on my PC that I couldn't get over losing... the only really important thing to me is my documents folder, which contains basically everything I've ever written since high school, both academic, creative, and anything else. I back that up onto 2 dvd's as needed and keep one in the aforementioned safe and another at my parents' house inside one of the miscellaneous boxes in their basement of stuff that I never bothered to take with me when I moved out.

One 747 into the house and you're screwed.

edit: assumes that you are not in the house... otherwise you'd have bigger problems:{D

 

[Leros]

I use the free 2GB Mozy for my school documents (about 1GB now). IIt's been a rock solid system.

I have about 1.5GB of pictures I need to backup somehow.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
whatever happened to plain 'ol hard drives?

natural disasters.

 

[dighn]

I might be interested in something like this, though I'm not sure how reputable they are. For something like data backup I'd prefer more assurances.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: dighn
I might be interested in something like this, though I'm not sure how reputable they are. For something like data backup I'd prefer more assurances.

mozy is run by EMC. can't get more of an assurance than that.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: dighn
I might be interested in something like this, though I'm not sure how reputable they are. For something like data backup I'd prefer more assurances.

mozy is run by EMC. can't get more of an assurance than that.

looks interesting. thanks.

 

[skyking]

No. I do my own offsite backup, with multiple locations.

 

[BoomerD]

Nope. Because of its use to encases Han Solo in "The Empire Strikes Back," I've boycotted any product with teh name, "Carbonite."

I wonder if they had to pay George Lucas for the rights to use the name...