Comments on: Online Backup ~ Is It For You? http://photographyconnect.com/2009/02/online-backup-is-it-for-you Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:04:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: PhotographyConnect http://photographyconnect.com/2009/02/online-backup-is-it-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-110 PhotographyConnect Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:12:40 +0000 http://photographyconnect.com/?p=114#comment-110 I can only speak to Mozy because I did forget to check this feature with the others I reviewed and have continued to use Mozy. When you delete a file it's marked for deletion and is only permanently deleted 30 days after it was marked for deletion. They do have the ability to access previous backups and you can have it sent to you on disk so there's a little protection when you delete a file too. What I like about Mozy and the reason I continue to use it is that it is so exacting with it's backup options. So it's basically the same as it is with your current service. Really though you'll always want to keep a copy at your location too, as the real key to backing up is not only duplication but keeping duplicates as far away from each other as possible. So far there's never any "perfect" way to keep backups at with you but if you need hard drive space I'd consider either DVD, Blu-ray or adding more hard drives. Each with their own price points depending on what you prefer but with any external storage remember to protect it from fire, water and light... or just pick up a ioSafe Solo http://www.iosafe.com/ They all have trials and even free space I'd definitely recommend giving each of them just a quick run through and seeing which system you enjoy most. They all great but each has it's own quirks that will make you enjoy one more over the other and the price points are nearly equal. I can only speak to Mozy because I did forget to check this feature with the others I reviewed and have continued to use Mozy. When you delete a file it’s marked for deletion and is only permanently deleted 30 days after it was marked for deletion. They do have the ability to access previous backups and you can have it sent to you on disk so there’s a little protection when you delete a file too. What I like about Mozy and the reason I continue to use it is that it is so exacting with it’s backup options. So it’s basically the same as it is with your current service. Really though you’ll always want to keep a copy at your location too, as the real key to backing up is not only duplication but keeping duplicates as far away from each other as possible. So far there’s never any “perfect” way to keep backups at with you but if you need hard drive space I’d consider either DVD, Blu-ray or adding more hard drives. Each with their own price points depending on what you prefer but with any external storage remember to protect it from fire, water and light… or just pick up a ioSafe Solo http://www.iosafe.com/

They all have trials and even free space I’d definitely recommend giving each of them just a quick run through and seeing which system you enjoy most. They all great but each has it’s own quirks that will make you enjoy one more over the other and the price points are nearly equal.

]]> By: Jason http://photographyconnect.com/2009/02/online-backup-is-it-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-108 Jason Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:03:07 +0000 http://photographyconnect.com/?p=114#comment-108 Great article, thanks for taking the time to inform other photographers about some of the online backup solutions out there. In your testing, do the online backup solutions you mentioned attempt to mirror the client system on the remote storage servers? That is, if you delete a file on the local (client) system that has been backed-up and stored remotely, will the file then disappear from the remote storage solution? I've been using backblaze for a while to back-up the 1TB of photos I have stored... my ideas was to back these photos up to an online storage solutions (in the case backblaze) and then remove the photos from my local hard drives to free up space. Unfortunately, Backblaze's version tracking and restoration configuration actually removes the file from the remote storage solution as well (although, it is still available for 4 weeks if you look "back in time" on the remote storage solution). This makes sense if you are looking to have access to the most recent "version" of your file system, but not if you are trying to use this service to backup your photo collection, then free up space on your local drives after they've been uploaded. Great article, thanks for taking the time to inform other photographers about some of the online backup solutions out there.

In your testing, do the online backup solutions you mentioned attempt to mirror the client system on the remote storage servers? That is, if you delete a file on the local (client) system that has been backed-up and stored remotely, will the file then disappear from the remote storage solution?

I’ve been using backblaze for a while to back-up the 1TB of photos I have stored… my ideas was to back these photos up to an online storage solutions (in the case backblaze) and then remove the photos from my local hard drives to free up space. Unfortunately, Backblaze’s version tracking and restoration configuration actually removes the file from the remote storage solution as well (although, it is still available for 4 weeks if you look “back in time” on the remote storage solution). This makes sense if you are looking to have access to the most recent “version” of your file system, but not if you are trying to use this service to backup your photo collection, then free up space on your local drives after they’ve been uploaded.

]]> By: John Tucker http://photographyconnect.com/2009/02/online-backup-is-it-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-22 John Tucker Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:22:06 +0000 http://photographyconnect.com/?p=114#comment-22 Great reviews of probably the top three online backup companies. Mozy and IDrive are my favourites these days to recommend to people ever since Carbonite was caught planting reviews on Amazon.com. One thing that IDrive handles that Mozy does not is mapped drives, so if people have home networks IDrive can backup files from any computer on the network. That is a nice added feature that I wish MozyHome did. Great reviews of probably the top three online backup companies. Mozy and IDrive are my favourites these days to recommend to people ever since Carbonite was caught planting reviews on Amazon.com. One thing that IDrive handles that Mozy does not is mapped drives, so if people have home networks IDrive can backup files from any computer on the network. That is a nice added feature that I wish MozyHome did.

]]> By: PhotographyConnect http://photographyconnect.com/2009/02/online-backup-is-it-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-20 PhotographyConnect Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:44:38 +0000 http://photographyconnect.com/?p=114#comment-20 Awesome! Thanks for the clarification Raghu I definitely don't think little of 128-bit encrytion but bumping that up to 256-bit AES server side is great! Thanks again for the clarification I'll update my review. Awesome! Thanks for the clarification Raghu I definitely don’t think little of 128-bit encrytion but bumping that up to 256-bit AES server side is great! Thanks again for the clarification I’ll update my review.

]]> By: Raghu Kulkarni http://photographyconnect.com/2009/02/online-backup-is-it-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-19 Raghu Kulkarni Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:39:18 +0000 http://photographyconnect.com/?p=114#comment-19 IDrive stores user data encrypted with 256 bit AES encryption, not 128 bit as you mentioned. This is military grade encryption. This is in addition to 128 bit SSL encryption during transfer. IDrive is in no way inferior to mozy in security. For details, please see http://www.idrive.com/online-backup-security.htm. You will probably also notice that IDrive transfers data (for both backups and restores) faster compared to mozy. Raghu Kulkarni IDrive.com IDrive stores user data encrypted with 256 bit AES encryption, not 128 bit as you mentioned. This is military grade encryption. This is in addition to 128 bit SSL encryption during transfer. IDrive is in no way inferior to mozy in security. For details, please see http://www.idrive.com/online-backup-security.htm.

You will probably also notice that IDrive transfers data (for both backups and restores) faster compared to mozy.

Raghu Kulkarni
IDrive.com

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