October 18, 2006
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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marcocantu @ 1:45AM | 16 Comments
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Online Backup with Mozy
Surprisingly AOL offer the best online drive/backup
deal. And no it's not lame.
Check out http://www.XDrive.com
It is 5GB for free, and 50GB for the paid plan.
Comment by Boris Yankov
[http://www.borisyankov.com]
on October 18, 02:50
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?
twm
Comment 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, Stuart
Comment by stuart
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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. kudos
Comment 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
Online Backup with Mozy
If you are looking for an alternative to Mozy or
Carbonite, you can check out our data protection
service online at www.tomnica.com. Not only does it
provide a great backup service, but it also allows you
to wipe or encrypt data in case your device gets lost
or stolen. Finally, you can monitor your device by
using features such as screenshots, webcam image
capture and device location tracking. All these
services are available in 1 package with a neat web
interface. We have a free plan for 1 year. Try it out
and let us know what you think.
Laurent Luce
Director of Software
Tomnica, Inc.
Comment by Laurent Luce
[http://www.tomnica.com]
on November 14, 11:24
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