Experience with Carbonite? Other choices.
I'm considering Carbonite to back up images and other computer files. Advertising and websites always look good. Would appreciate any eperiences and if there are other choices that are available. T...
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There is one thing for sure. We all have our own ideas on how to do all things in life and nothing said here will likely change any of us.
I have always felt that data backup needs to be stored off site from the computer that is being backed up. If you add data daily then you should at least backup daily and never on the same drive as the day before. What would happen if the backup failed and corrupted the only backup copy you had which you were updating. I agree that you can take backups too far, but for me online backups with a well respected company is the way to go. It is automatic (yes I know you can set a backup drive to be automatic too, but you still have it on site) and it isn't in the same location as my computer.
I have had two laptop failures in the past 24 months (operator error - cup of coffee on the keyboard) and online restore was a piece of cake.
Works for me and may not work for others. As long as I'm happy to each his own.
I have always felt that data backup needs to be stored off site from the computer that is being backed up. If you add data daily then you should at least backup daily and never on the same drive as the day before. What would happen if the backup failed and corrupted the only backup copy you had which you were updating. I agree that you can take backups too far, but for me online backups with a well respected company is the way to go. It is automatic (yes I know you can set a backup drive to be automatic too, but you still have it on site) and it isn't in the same location as my computer.
I have had two laptop failures in the past 24 months (operator error - cup of coffee on the keyboard) and online restore was a piece of cake.
Works for me and may not work for others. As long as I'm happy to each his own.
