Online Storage-----Justcloud??
Think I'm going to start paying for online storage. I have one of those Iomega things that automatically backs up, but it is a black box that I can't understand, and seems to drive my security check ...
Forum Discussion
rav wrote:
we have been using Carbonite for home and business for years- had two computer crashes and the data recovery (per DW) was easy
After your computer crashes, how do you access your data on-line to restore?
The problem I have with these on-line backup solutions is that when disaster strikes and your hard drive fails, you need to replace the drive, install your OS and all of your Programs first, before you can restore your data. Depending on your connection speed, it could take days for your data to be restored.
I prefer an external drive. I can make a system image of my computer's drive and a bootable recovery CD. In the event my drive fails, I simply replace the drive, boot the recovery CD and recover the OS, Programs and data in one operation that would take hours instead of days to complete.
Of course an external drive isn't a perfect solution either. The external drive can fail or get destroyed in a fire or flood. A complete backup plan would use a combination of both to fully protect your data.
You have to decide how important your data is to you and to what extent you are willing to go to protect it.
I just started a 30-day trial with CrashPlan, they have a family plan that allows unlimited data backup from up to 10 computers. I just started backing up my laptop, the software is reporting it will finish the backup in 7.1 days!
