[Hidden-tech] Online Backup Revisited

[Shel Horowitz]

Shoot! I just spent three days backing up (90,000 data files, OMG) on 
their free trial! Guess I'll have to do it all over again with 
Carbonite.

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>Some discussions have been focusing on online backup systems 
>recently with the value of Trend Micro's system being touted.  For a 
>limited time, as a loss leader, they offered unlimited online backup 
>for $30, which moved to $60 shortly thereafter, as they said it 
>would.  However, when looking at this system yesterday, they've 
>moved to a less attractive three tiered system:
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>20GB for $40
>50GB for $90
>100GB for $150
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>While there are some attractive features of this system, I would 
>have to say that it gets pretty pricey on a per-machine basis.  This 
>makes Carbonite a whole lot more attractive at $55 per year for 
>unlimited backups.  Of course a backup is only as good as its 
>restore, so you have to keep an eye on whatever you wind up doing 
>(for the record, I had my laptop stolen a couple of years ago and 
>was able to recover the whole thing via Carbonite).
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>I have also found another online backup system that I'm running on 
>trial right now called <http://www.crashplan.com/>CrashPlan that 
>offers both a limited free service (it looks as though it's mostly a 
>local backup) as well as both a limited (10GB for $25) and an 
> unlimited paid service ($50 per year).  Besides some interesting 
>features (backing up to a friend's offsite computer, for example), 
>they also offer an unlimited multiple machine subscription (between 
>2 to 10 machines) for $120 per year.  This is very attractive for 
>anyone with three or more machines that they want to back up.
>
>I just thought I'd follow up with this, as it's been a "hot topic" 
>for some time now.
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>Thanks,
>Frank
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