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Home Backup
Posted 06/08/09 at 8:52 PM by Zeln
Recently, I purchased a very expensive mac book for my wife. This greatly increased the complexity of keeping data backed up, as previously I had just backed up my computer to a USB Hard drive.
I had a few complex data sets to protect on my home computers:
1. Pictures and Video. Every picture of both of my kids and every video is kept on my hard drive.
2. I can't remember the last time I did a tax return that wasn't on the computer. The printouts of all of it? Sitting five feet from the computer, easily lost in a fire.
So I had to start backing up this info from two different computers. In addition, I wanted those backups to be secure.
The first possibility was a home NAS. The home NAS would have been great, because it would protect and act as a file server for both servers. However, to be safe, I wanted one that would support multiple drives in a RAID configuration. This greatly increased the price.
The next possibility was over the internet. I began researching and found a service called Mozy.
Online Backup, Data Backup & Remote Backup Solutions from Mozy.com – Welcome
Mozy installs a small program that backs up your computer while it is not busy, or when you tell it to. Because it is over the internet, it is very slow. So the initial backup can take a week or two, but when it is finished with the initial load further backups are small and quick. In addition, Mozy will encrypt that data with either their hash, 448bit encryption, or allow you to provide your own, thus ensuring the data is safe from sniffing or hackers.
The only issue with Mozy is the client is currently available for Windows or Macintosh. This means that if you have a home NAS, you'll have to syncronize the data to your Mac or Windows box to have it backed up to Mozy. However, the company that owns Mozy is EMC. EMC also owns a company called IOmega. IOmega makes home NAS devices, and by Q4 will build in the mozy client into their home NAS head.
In addition, Mozy is working on the ability to stream your media files and use Mozy to be able to share you images with family and friends.
So take a look. Oh and by the way, if you are responsible for a bunch of executives with laptops, think about this product for backing them up too.
I had a few complex data sets to protect on my home computers:
1. Pictures and Video. Every picture of both of my kids and every video is kept on my hard drive.
2. I can't remember the last time I did a tax return that wasn't on the computer. The printouts of all of it? Sitting five feet from the computer, easily lost in a fire.
So I had to start backing up this info from two different computers. In addition, I wanted those backups to be secure.
The first possibility was a home NAS. The home NAS would have been great, because it would protect and act as a file server for both servers. However, to be safe, I wanted one that would support multiple drives in a RAID configuration. This greatly increased the price.
The next possibility was over the internet. I began researching and found a service called Mozy.
Online Backup, Data Backup & Remote Backup Solutions from Mozy.com – Welcome
Mozy installs a small program that backs up your computer while it is not busy, or when you tell it to. Because it is over the internet, it is very slow. So the initial backup can take a week or two, but when it is finished with the initial load further backups are small and quick. In addition, Mozy will encrypt that data with either their hash, 448bit encryption, or allow you to provide your own, thus ensuring the data is safe from sniffing or hackers.
The only issue with Mozy is the client is currently available for Windows or Macintosh. This means that if you have a home NAS, you'll have to syncronize the data to your Mac or Windows box to have it backed up to Mozy. However, the company that owns Mozy is EMC. EMC also owns a company called IOmega. IOmega makes home NAS devices, and by Q4 will build in the mozy client into their home NAS head.
In addition, Mozy is working on the ability to stream your media files and use Mozy to be able to share you images with family and friends.
So take a look. Oh and by the way, if you are responsible for a bunch of executives with laptops, think about this product for backing them up too.
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