Off Topic - Carbonite or Mozy

[drakethib]

Which do you use or which do you think is the better of the two?

Or do you think there is a better option out there?

Bottom line .... Help !

 

[OKW Lover]

I use an Apple Time Capsule.

 

[dpuck1998]

I use carbonite and have had no problems. My space in unlimited. I have not used Mozy.

 

[k5jm]

Between the two, I hear that carbonite is the way to go. I keep a usb back-up in a fireproof safe, and back-up to Dropbox.

 

[dpuck1998]

I hear that carbonite is the way to go. I keep a usb back-up in a fireproof safe, and back-up to Dropbox.

I also back up to a hard drive attached to my machine, one attached to my router and keep offsite backup on DVDs every month or so

 

[*NikkiBell*]

Umm, are those types of candy? lol

 

[darrengs]

I have my wife set up on Carbonite so she can backup all her photos and important files. I am very happy with it. For local backups I am using an HP Windows Home Server (for 3 years now) for backing up my wifes, sons, duaghters and both my laptop and machine and love it as well.

 

[bradisgoofy]

I'm a carbonite user for just about a year now, very satisfied.

 

[Justin Jett]

Carbonite is the best.

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

Has anyone actually needed to use Carbonite's service for recovery? It only gets mediocre reviews for the recovery so I am concerned about their service record. Thanks OP for asking the question - I've been thinking about Carbonite's service ever since they were featured on Bzzz Agent but never went for it due to bad feedback on the recovery. It looked like everyone was satisfied with the service until they actually had to use it and then

 

[dpuck1998]

Has anyone actually needed to use Carbonite's service for recovery? It only gets mediocre reviews for the recovery so I am concerned about their service record. Thanks OP for asking the question - I've been thinking about Carbonite's service ever since they were featured on Bzzz Agent but never went for it due to bad feedback on the recovery. It looked like everyone was satisfied with the service until they actually had to use it and then

What sort of bad reviews about recovery? I've recorverd files to test the service with no problem. About once a month I'll recover a random folder to make sure everything is in order. Now if I had to recover all my files, it would take weeks no doubt. But that sure beats losing them.

 

[darrengs]

Has anyone actually needed to use Carbonite's service for recovery? It only gets mediocre reviews for the recovery so I am concerned about their service record. Thanks OP for asking the question - I've been thinking about Carbonite's service ever since they were featured on Bzzz Agent but never went for it due to bad feedback on the recovery. It looked like everyone was satisfied with the service until they actually had to use it and then

I am not sure how they review recovery. I just backup my wife's user directory and I have recovered individual files without any problems. As far as a full system recovery that is not the intent of Carbonite.

 

[k5jm]

I am not sure how they review recovery. I just backup my wife's user directory and I have recovered individual files without any problems. As far as a full system recovery that is not the intent of Carbonite.

for a full system recovery, i would suggest an imaging software. Image your hard drives or other media and save the compressed media up to an off-site storage solution.

http://dubaron.com/diskimage/

 

[thunderbird1]

Has anyone actually needed to use Carbonite's service for recovery? It only gets mediocre reviews for the recovery so I am concerned about their service record. Thanks OP for asking the question - I've been thinking about Carbonite's service ever since they were featured on Bzzz Agent but never went for it due to bad feedback on the recovery. It looked like everyone was satisfied with the service until they actually had to use it and then

We did have to use the recovery a couple of months ago, and have no complaints. Our main computer died completely, and despite dh's best efforts, he was unable to revive it. Everything was on that computer--10 years worth of pictures, itunes, microsoft word, excel and outlook files, family tree maker, etc. He hooked up the new computer, logged in to carbonite, and was able to recover nearly everything. The only thing that wasn't there was the movie "Twilight" that dd bought from itunes, but dh thinks that carbonite doesn't back up large video files like that (or something? He's the techie in the house, lol).

It took less than a week of the computer running nearly round the clock for the recovery, but once it was finished, it was like I was using the same old computer (except newer, faster, better, lol). We were very satisfied with the service, and will continue using carbonite as one of our backups (we also keep a backup drive in our safe deposit box, and update that regularly).

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

What sort of bad reviews about recovery? I've recorverd files to test the service with no problem. About once a month I'll recover a random folder to make sure everything is in order. Now if I had to recover all my files, it would take weeks no doubt. But that sure beats losing them.

Just like any other user reviews, there are good and bad.
http://download.cnet.com/Carbonite-Online-Backup/3000-2242_4-10556998.html#rateit
I've done this dance with you before, Don. And I always lose. In a battle of wits, it isn't fair to fight with an unarmed (wo)man. I don't stand a chance. So please don't tell me why I shouldn't trust user reviews at CNET... If the product is fantastic and the people reviewing it don't know what they are talking about, just say so. I trust you guys here. Except when we are talking about guns. Then you don't know what you are talking about.

 

[dpuck1998]

Just like any other user reviews, there are good and bad.
http://download.cnet.com/Carbonite-Online-Backup/3000-2242_4-10556998.html#rateit
I've done this dance with you before, Don. And I always lose. In a battle of wits, it isn't fair to fight with an unarmed (wo)man. I don't stand a chance. So please don't tell me why I shouldn't trust user reviews at CNET... If the product is fantastic and the people reviewing it don't know what they are talking about, just say so. I trust you guys here. Except when we are talking about guns. Then you don't know what you are talking about.

I'll be sure to let you know if you are wrong

 

[ms*mountaineer]

I have Carbonite - and last summer my hard drive crashed. Once I had a new hard drive installed in my laptop, it was a piece of cake to recover everything! I just went to the Carbonite site, logged in to my account, and asked for the restore of all my files. It takes some time, but all my files came back. (Well, all the files I had told it to back up - I learned that I had missed a few with settings in them).

I am completely happy with Carbonite. It is well worth the money. When that hard drive crashed, I had no panic feeling about my pictures and home videos and all my files. I got everything back.

 

[mf1973]

Carbonite or Mozy sound good because they are the names people know, but I have used them both, and won't use them again.

Carbonite works well during the backup, but the restore process is horrible.

Mozy, backup works OK, but it never showed an accurate total MB/GB of files backed-up, and that scared me. I would know for a fact that I had backed up 100 GB, and 1 day it would show 80 GB, 110 GB, and "1Kb". Didn't trust it.

I would urge you to try Crashplan. www.crashplan.com. I have had good experience with them and even when I have the rare issue, it has been resolved quickly with a trouble-ticket. Also, crashplan let's you and a remote friend (or friends) backup to each other's computer in a secure fashion. Therefore, your data is protected offsite, but on a machine of someone you know. Not some random server-farm in another part of the world.

Check it out.

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

I'll be sure to let you know if you are wrong

Of course you will. I wouldn't expect anything less.

 

[LeahZ]

Can someone explain these services and the cost? We had our external hard drive crash a few months ago and would have lost all the pictures of our son's birth, except that we had put the pics on Snapfish. We had to order everything on CD which was expensive. We need a better option to protect everything for the future!