It’s been an interesting day. I’ve had a job related assignment to review online backup services including the free backup online and online data backup services that you’re starting to see advertised now more and more heavily.
We tested three well known online backup service products on Windows 7 and Windows Vista SP2. The results were not pretty. I found I could not recommend any of them. In fact, they were so new and so unfinished, that I am not allowed to even name them or discuss them here.
I posted as much on a message board (forum) I hang out on and got a response in just a few minutes that I should try Mozy. Good call.
Click This Link To Try Mozy Free Online Backup Service
I signed up for the free online backup mozy account in about 1 minute. I downloaded the software and installed it and that took about 2 more minutes. It instantly worked on both my test machines and that was that. Problem solved. Time for lunch, I am a happy IT guy.
The Mozy free online backup service is limited to 2gb, but that’s more than enough to store most users documents. In fact it’s pretty generous.
It runs in the background and takes care of your online backup service automatically. You can select the load it has on your system and that makes sure that you never know it’s running. In fact it’s running right now and my personal machine, which became our third test machine runs as fast as ever. Even playing SPORE and Command and Conquer 3 Red Alert showed no signs that Mozy was running a backup. If you could feel something (perhaps on older slower machines) you can move the slider from ‘Quicker Backups’ to ‘Faster Computer’ and your problem is solved.
Mozy is a secure online backup service and they are serious about data security. You can use their algo or you can go for alternatives. I went with their native Blowfish encryption and in my opinion lacking any nuclear secrets in my documents, it should be way more than good.
Mozy may be new to you and the company behind it is new to me and it’s named Decho. They have a comprehensive ‘about us’ page that can fill you in on the details. I can tell you that this software is not new. It’s up to date, it’s extremely well polished, and it lacks a certain raw feeling that the other products had (and they failed to perform). I have a feeling that this has been worked on for quite a while and I am endorsing it for our internal and external client projects on the basis that it performed flawlessly in all our tests.
For individuals they offer the free online backup service up to 2gb storage and $4.95 for unlimited storage (cheap at twice the price).
For companies it’s based on the number of computers an other factors but it’s still cheaper than the cost of deploying your own systems and hardware to do the job.
If you are at a large corporate location you might have the scale needed to get a better ROI on an internal solution, But (that’s an acronym for Behold the Underlying Truth) we’re all trying to get closer to our customers and that means more field offices, smaller work groups and less opportunity to achieve economies of scale for internal solutions.
I say save the money and outsource small to medium sized offices to Mozy. This is an no brainer. You can deploy it in under a day including client training.
See some pictures of the install process and Click This Link To Try Mozy Free Online Backup Service
Popularity: 18% [?]
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I am happy to research all technical questions - Just contact me. Thanks for visiting!
Related posts:
- Windows 7 Beta Review - Already more stable than Vista SP2 Beta I’ve got two computers here running Windows 7 Beta. They...
- Vista SP2 Beta Audio & Network Problems - Warning To Potential Beta Testers Like most technology geeks I was excited to get my...
- RegClean - The Speed BOOST! Just Like a Fresh Install of Windows Vista - Scan Clean Repair Defragment Your Registry It really does clean the registry, defrag and compress the...
- Windows 7 Antivirus & Anti-Spyware Review - AVG 8 / Kaspersky / Norton 360 3 Beta Tested There are now three Antivirus / Anti-Spyware solutions approved by...
- Driver Magician - Windows Drivers Update and Backup Free BIOS Scan - Identify and Update Your BIOS with...
February 12th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Someone pointed out that there are tons of solutions out there. I was given three to test. I hated them.
I asked my friends on the forums what they’d advise and they advised Mozy. I love it. It works great. Problem solved for me.
**If you have a favorite online backup program please let me know in the comments because I’d love to test it and write a review! Thanks!
February 13th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Mozy is one of my favourites. It is one of the easiest to use and just works. I am starting to like IDrive more though because they recently just released backup software that combines backing up to an external hard drive and online. That makes it much easier for people to make backups. Their software is not as friendly as Mozy though.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:15 am
hey,Terrific blog dude! i am Fed up with using RSS feeds and do you use twitter?so i can follow you there:D.
PS:Have you thought to be putting video to this web site to keep the people more enjoyed?I think it works.Best wishes, Keshia Tokay