October 18, 2006
Online Backup with Mozy
I've started using an online backup system... and I find both the idea and the implementation quite interesting.
I've started using Mozy, on online backup system you can find here (disclaimer: if you signup with this link and start use the system I'll get some bonus memory space, but you should get some extra as well).
I find the idea quite interesting. You get 2GB for free and the upgrade to the 30 GB offer for 5 $ a month. I've seen GMail and other online services not meant for this service used for backup, but they seem too much of a hack. This service has a nice configuration, keeps everything encoded, runs in the background (with a bandwith usage limit), and seems to have all I'd ask to a backup system, without having to run one directly on my server. Interesting. I wonder if Amazon (with S3) and GDrive (whenever and if this will happen) will offer similar capabilities... and maybe there are alredy better alternatives I'm not aware of.
By the way, before you ask, the Win32 client application you download after signing up (an unusual approach, I have to say) looks like it was written in Visual C++, not in Delphi. So this is not a Delphi-related post.
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Color me paranoid...
It's 12am, do you know where your backups are? And who might have access to them?Comment by Xepol on October 18, 09:33
Online Backup with Mozy
Boris, XDrive looks very interesting, because you can also use it as a remote disk, and not only for the backups. Mozy is for backups only, with a "slow" recovery procedure (good enough for a system crash, but nothing else). Thanks for the pointer, I'll look into it. Xepol, you can use 128-bit encryption, with your own PK, seems save to me. The alternative, backups on your server, is fine untile someone steals all the computers in your office or you get a fire. Tapes and DVDs tend to be a hassle for a small shop, I know I cannot do them every day.Comment by Marco Cantù [http://www.marcocantu.com] on October 18, 10:52
Who can read it? And how secure is it?
Hi, I am much too paranoid to use such a service. The things I want to backup most securely are also the things I don't want in anybody else's hands. And what do you know about THEIR backup strategy? twmComment by Thomas Mueller [http://www.dummzeuch.de] on October 18, 11:07
How secure...
"And what do you know about THEIR backup strategy?"... Not much but I know enuogh about MY backup strategy, so I won't something else!!! My point is, if you do your backups, go ahead. If you don't always (like I do) better find a hassle-free solution. And my PC is probably more subject to attacks than theirs, anyway.Comment by Marco Cantù [http://www.marcocantu.com] on October 18, 11:12
Online Backup with Mozy
I think that reading these answers (and the answers I've received myself in your newsgroup where I have first talked about mozy) demonstrates how hard is to sell an online service these days...Comment by Roby on October 18, 12:21
Online Backup with Mozy
What happens if their server crashes ? What happens if the firm vanish in the air ? Is your data in a safer place ? Who can have a look at it ? I'm too afraid for such a backup solution !Comment by on October 18, 12:31
Online Backup with Mozy
I use Mozy too and it seems to be good. Privacy is not a concern since I can use my own key. I believe the owner of this company setup archive.org so I am not too worried about the credentials. If you are worried about privacy maybe think about how much private information comes through your email server... cheers, StuartComment by stuart [] on October 18, 12:46
Online Backup with Mozy
Hello, I use www.box.net (1 Gb free) and http://amd.streamload.com/Brands/AMD/home/home.aspx (25 GB free!!!). Good luck!Comment by Igor Skomrokh [http://delphigeek.blogspot.com] on October 18, 14:48
Online Backup with Mozy
Nowadays backup to a removable hard disk could be a cheap solution for small sites. There are even encrypted ones. Just remove the disk and put it in a safe. It's fast, and reliable. Anyway, an off-site backup server is always a plus for some important data you can't lose even if your office is destroyed. Data could be always encrypted strongly before uploading them. What service to used depends on how much your data are valuable, especially for "others".Comment by Kent Morwath on October 18, 19:09
Online Backup with Mozy
You might check out Carbonite at www.carbonite.com. They offer a program that sounds similar to Mozy but with unlimited space for $5/month. Restore is relatively painless.Comment by Lee on October 19, 16:18
Back up with Data Deposit Box!
I"m using Data Deposit Box right now and it's great. the security issue is not even a problem because they use 448 bit blowfish encryption. it's virtually uncrackable because it would take foreverrr to decrypt. check it out: <a href="http://www.datadepositbox.com/factsheet.asp" target=new>online data backup</a>Comment by CBrown Jr [http://www.datadepositbox.com] on November 3, 23:06
Online Backup with Mozy
<a href='http://www.ibackup.com'>IBackup</a> is a secure online data storage, access and data sharing solution for consumers and businesses with several possible interfaces and options to store, retrieve and manipulate your data. All IBackup applications have 128-bit SSL encryption as default option. IBackup has browser based and downloadable applications for Windows, Linux / Unix and Mac platforms. Just try their flagship application <a href='http://www.ibackup.com/ibwin_new.htm'>IBackup for Windows</a> to backup and restore your important files and folders. The backups are incremental and compressed that greatly reduce your network bandwidth by transferring portions of file that have been modified since the last backup. IBackup allows historical view of your data through use of its Snapshots technology. You should be able to see the files stored in your IBackup account during the previous days under the newly created directories with appropriate names. You can restore the files that you need from these directories just as you would, for any file or directory. IBackup has a great application called <a href='http://www.ibackup.com/IBDrive_new.htm'>IDrive</ a>. Using this, you can map the online account as a local drive on your computer and work on the documents or data as if they are on your PC. Webmanager, their browser-based application, allows you to ‘privately share’ data with another IBackup user. The shared data becomes immediately available to the shared user and it integrates seamlessly with the shared user’s account. You can also try <a href='http://www.ibackup.com/professional'>IBackup Professional</a>, which provides a secure, efficient, reliable, cost-effective and easy-to-use Internet- based backup solution. The files and folders you backup are encrypted with a user-defined key so that the data stored on IBackup Professional servers cannot be decrypted by anybody other than you.Comment by Dave [http://bravetechies.blogspot.com] on January 5, 15:08
Online Backup with Mozy But i Use OnlineBackupVault.com
I strongly reccomend www.onlinebackupvault.com after working in IT for almost 15 years i have seen many products and sites come and go.. i dont like the free stuff--- my grandmother always told me you get what you pay for...with the market saturated with backup competition i am finding the pay services is where a buisness needs to be...i have clients that their servers have hundreds if not millions of dollars worth of information saved on it...do you for 1 thousand dollars a year they will complain? i have found online backup vault to offer superior tech support and a great alla around product. kudosComment by www.onlinebackupvault.com on September 16, 23:32
Online Backup or Should it be Online Restore
I agree, you do get what you pay for. If a service is free then you have no comeback if things go wrong. It is not just about backing up data, afterall that is the easy bit. It is about restoring data! This is the reason why we backup, and if you cannot restore there is no point backing up. This is the reason why you need to look at www.perfectbackup.co.uk because they offer a £1,000,000 data restore guarantee.Comment by David Jones [http://www.perfectbackup.co.uk] on January 13, 01:45
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