[RTC List] On-Line back-up/storage services

[CrawfordCA at aol.com]

This is a great discussion  ...  thanks for the question,  Sherman, and 
thanks to the SBDC technology boot camp for covering this important  topic.
 
I use _http://www.ibackup.com/_ (http://www.ibackup.com/) , which  charges 
$9.95 a month for 10 gigabytes of storage. I used Amerivault for awhile  but 
their software was clunky and prices too high.  
 
Check to make sure whatever service you use syncronizes the files you  
already have stored. This means the first time you back-up will take a long  time, 
but daily back-ups thereafter only add and subtract files that have  changed 
and this takes much less time.
 
As an added bonus, you will have access to your files from remote  locations. 
Since I travel a lot, this has been a blessing when I find myself  away from 
home and needing a file.
 
Be sure you select a daily back-up, since every service I know of only  
charges for the space, not the number of times you back-up. God forbid, if your  
hard drive fries you'll have the latest files and not just from a few days  ago.
 
Finally, consider getting either a network hard drive or a peripheral hard  
drive to back-up your whole system in addition to the online back-up. The  
benefit of remote back-up is that if there is an earthquake, flood or fire, your  
data is still protected ... but you'll pay a lot more if you're backing up 
your  whole system. All you really need off site are your files.
 
This is a good reminder to us all  ...  BACK-UP YOUR FILES  !!!!!!!
 
Chris Crawford
_www.justiceserved.com_ (http://www.justiceserved.com) 
 
 
 
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In a message dated 6/23/2008 2:47:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
scott.joachim at gmail.com writes:

We use LogMeIn  Backup with excellent  success.
https://secure.logmein.com/products/backup/

Why LogMeIn  Backup?
LogMeIn Backup gives you control over your data on devices you  manage, 
placing security and ease of accessibility in your hands. With LogMeIn  Backup, you 
can be confident important data is secure and available when you  need it.

Scott Joachim
Take Command of your  Assets
www.c4isecurity.com 

----- Original Message -----
From:  "Winter Faulk" <nox.freak at gmail.com>
To:  list at redwoodtech.org
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:15:59 PM GMT -08:00  US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [RTC List] On-Line back-up/storage  services

I don't use the two online backup services that you mentioned  but I do
use Amazon's S3 service (http://amazon.com/s3) I have about 30GB  of
photos on it right now and I use Jungle  Disk
(http://www.jungledisk.com/) as my back client. I'm very happy and  the
cost is very low under $5 a month.

I would recommend the S3  service to anyone. The only downfall is they
don't offer any software you  have to go to a 3rd party for that.

-Winter

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008  at 1:54 PM, Sherman Schapiro <shsch1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  All:  I attended the Technology Boot Camp last Thursday.  There was  a
> section on data back-up and part of the discussion dealt with  on-line
> services.  Mozy & Carbonite were 2 services  mentioned.  I'm asking, are any
> RTC members familiar with/using  these services, and if so, do you have any
> feedback to share relative  to ease of use, effectiveness, reliability, or
> what have you?   I'm considering them myself as part of my back-up solution.
>
>  Sherman Schapiro
> RTC member


 



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