In a previous post, it was brought to my attention that product portability may not be such a great feature after all. In the event of items getting lost or stolen, all of the data contained on the gadget is lost with the device. I made the suggestion to routinely back up information so that, assuming it is very important, it remains safe even if the hardware doesn’t.
There are two basic ways to backup data. Many people, in recent times, have chosen to use external hard drives to store information and backup their computers. External hard drives are a great solution, but do pose a few different problems as well. Using an external hard drive to backup data requires files to be backed up and transferred manually. Doing the back-ups manually requires time that could be better spent being productive. To make things even more unappealing, external hard-drives can be an expensive investment to make.
The other data back-up solution is to send your data to the internet cloud. While there are more companies that offer online data, it appears that mozy.com has the most comprehensive plan. Using a service like mozy.com can save a lot of time and possibly money. Instead of manually backing up files, mozy lets users schedule thier back-ups so that they take place automatically. Mozy offers 2GBs of space for free, and charges $4.95/month for unlimited space. Spending just less than $5 per month, for automation, excellent customer service, and a information back-up garuntee makes mozy.com a no brainer.
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Mozy is a great service one of my favourites actually. There have even been reports that a user who backed up his laptop with Mozy was able to recover his stolen laptop get it back because of the backup. Apparently the laptop was stolen and the thief just started using it not knowing that the laptop was backing up online. Eventually the thief created a file that had their name and address in the file and the laptop owner was able to restore the file through Mozy and led police to his stolen latop. Interesting story. I am sure most online backup services would be able to do that as long as they are set to automatically backup.
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