Comments on: Things I Wish I’d Thought of Regarding Online Backups

By: Office Backups: The Journey, Part 1 » Solo Technology

Office Backups: The Journey, Part 1 » Solo Technology — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:58:18 +0000

[...] major RAID array crash that caused all sorts of issues. Not long after that I was inspired to write Things I Wish I’d Thought of Regarding Online Backups. You know, the common sense stuff: be prepared for long initial backups, make sure you understand [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:16:52 +0000

{…]practicality will become the limiting factor – the more you want to back up, the longer it will take to back up

Boy, you nailed that one on the head!

I’ll drop you a note via email shortly on the corp pricing.

By: Len Pallazola

Len Pallazola — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:40:58 +0000

We don’t have a corporate version yet, although we do have corporate pricing. (Write me at lenpal at carbonite.com if you need more info.)

Carbonite really IS unlimited though. Honestly, because you’re backing up over the Internet, practicality will become the limiting factor – the more you want to back up, the longer it will take to back up (and the restore, although restores tend to go much faster than backups).

Please let me know if you have additional questions, either here or by e-mail. I’m set up for e-mail notifications here.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:34:25 +0000

@Len – thanks for stopping by and joining in. If you’re still around, I have a quick question: Is carbonite really unlimited storage?

Ok, make that two questions: Do you guys have a corporate version?

By: Len Pallazola

Len Pallazola — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:29:26 +0000

@The King – I can’t speak for the other companies out there, but Carbonite’s backups are encrypted before they ever leave your computer, and again when they arrive on our servers – even our own employees can’t view your files.

@rivky – I suppose it depends on the business model for the company in question, but Carbonite is doing very well with their current pricing, including a lot of company growth.

@Chris – Janice does not work for Carbonite, unless she’s a brand new hire I don’t know about. I don’t see her name on my company directory, at any rate.

@Janice – Thanks for the nice comments.

Len Pallazola
Supervisor, Customer Service Systems
Carbonite, Inc.
http://www.carbonite.com

By: rivky

rivky — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:23:33 +0000

HI
I used to use Mozy, Mozy and the other freebies scare me as look @ the .com buisnesses of the 90′s and 2k….i dont want my data sitting with a comapny that is working on those kind of margins (how much can a company make that is free or 5 bux???) RIght now i got a accepted to a beta run on http://www.onlinebackupvault.com their system seems to be seamless and easy to setup, they also have techs available to work with you and dial into your PC and setup the software which i found very helpful. Online backup vault seemed to be good- i have also played with sos and data box which seemed good – ill keep ya guys up to date!

By: The King

The King — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:36:23 +0000

I think a reason why people don’t use that much online data storing (for personal use instead of company) is because they have the fear of their right to privacy being violated. Everyone has the fear of governments secretly looking into your files, whether its your home finances or your secret porn stash O.O