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Comment on Mozy Backup Failure - Day 2 by Nathan Fouarge

Nathan Fouarge — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:18:58 +0000

I totally agree with you! When choosing a piece of software or service to handle your data it is time well invested in researching the reliability and ease of use of the software. It is also worth actually trying their support to make sure that you can get decent response time, and maybe actually talk to a human at the other end of the phone.

Comment on Mozy Backup Failure - Day 2 by Blair

Blair — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:01:17 +0000

I agree that the idea of offsite backups are important, and the concept of automated online backups is a good one.

Unfortunately, it’s also a relatively new industry and there still seem to be a number of rough edges to work out in terms of both the software and the support. One thing I find particularly interesting is the number of backup services where the EULA specifically disavows any warranty that the product is suitable for any specific purpose (for example, backing up your computer).

I’ve not read any reviews of NovaBackup and therefore have no basis for judging its relative merits. I would strongly encourage anyone considering a backup product to spend some time with their search engine of choice, looking into reviews both positive and negative.

Comment on Mozy Backup Failure - Day 2 by Nathan Fouarge

Nathan Fouarge — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:21:54 +0000

I work for a backup software company and I hate seeing people suffer trying to restore files and not being able to get them. You trust a company, in this case Mozy, with your data that you actually took the time and initiative to backup and it isn’t there when you need it. I wish you the best of luck with getting your data back, and hope that your experience with Mozy does not shy you away from trusting online backup in general. Though, as you learned, it is always best to have a local copy and an online copy. Some pieces of backup software allow you to do both in one program and interface, such as my company’s software NovaBACKUP, but I am sure there are others out there too.

Comment on Mozy Backup Failure - Day 2 by Blair

Blair — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:33:44 +0000

While writing this entry, I started another restore attempt, this time of just the photos taken in 2010. Fortunately, I organize my photos (mostly) chronologically. So that’s another block of files restored, but not everything is stored in that sub-tree.

I’ll be interested to see what happens if/when I talk to Mozy’s PR person. But there’s really not much point to having a system of backups if you can’t count on it. And right now, I’m having some fairly serious doubts about whether I should trust Mozy.

Comment on The Four Seasons by Katie

Katie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:51:14 +0000

Summer!!!! I’m all about warmth and dropped tops. Miata tops that is….

Comment on Computer Archaeology by Katie

Katie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:50:35 +0000

One of the topics that has been posted on repeatedly on our internal work forum is the fact we are still on IE 6 and neither 7, 8 or Firefox/Chrome are approved for use on work computers.

But just think, if you keep that file one more year, it’ll hit puberty!!!

Comment on The Four Seasons by Luke

Luke — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:05:55 +0000

fall.. red wine and earthy smell.. wonderful colors and HALLOWEEN! it’s the most wonderful time of the year… but there is something to affirm in all of them. i like your list!

Comment on Deer Trouble by Katie

Katie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:46:22 +0000

They’d better put a fence up before springtime….

Comment on Beating the Deadline by Katie

Katie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:09 +0000

We got ours. Careful, you’re creating expectations now.

Comment on Boom De Ah Dah by Katie

Katie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:42:28 +0000

Very awesome indeed. I hadn’t seen any of that before today.