I am slightly paranoid about backups. I have all my digital files backed up on another disk in my home office. But what if my office burns down? Then I also have a version of critical files copied onto a set of DVDs in my home. But what if both my whole house burns or flattens in an earthquake? So I keep a copy of my contacts, calendar and email on the cloud, in Google. But what about the rest of my stuff? I have 60 gigs of photos, 45 gigs of music ripped from CDs (all legal), 700 gigs of video, and Word docs, InDesign files from books I am working on, PDFs, etc. So I have these on another terabyte hard disk to be kept in a relative’s home. But its not very updateable. I needed an easy way to incrementally back up my whole computer to the cloud. Some cheap offsite place to archive my regularly scheduled backups.<\/p>\n
I began using Amazon’s cloud storage using a utility called Jungle Disk. It worked okay but the deal was more expensive and heavy-duty than I needed.<\/p>\n
I am now using Mozy and it seems perfect. For $5 per month (or $55\/year) I get unlimited (!!) offsite storage, with invisible regular updating. The interface is sensible. Works on Mac and Windows.<\/p>\n
While the daily backup updates can happen at night or in the background, the first time you back up 50 gigs it will take a week. I am not kidding. This is not the fault of the host. Most cable or DSL connects have pitiful upload rates, and working 24\/7 it takes a long time to upload your hard disk. Mozy estimates transfers happening at 2-4 gig per day in background work mode, and 9 gigs per day undisturbed. Just be patient.<\/p>\n
I am now backed up on the cloud. Whew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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