Ask Dr. LJ: Computer Backup Edition

[mizarchivist]

The cobbler's children have no shoes and the archivist's files have no backup.

What system do you use to backup your computer files? I have the expectation to back up both mine and QE's. We both have a fair bit of music, he has videos, I have photos, and only a handfull of text-y documents.

Wex suggested Mozy.
QE wondered about Carbonite.

What say the peanut gallery?

Comments

Cool- this is a contender

[mizarchivist]

This sounds like a very good notion since otherwise I do not have my gmail backed up, unless I figure out how to download all that to my machine and then back it up with Carbonite or... something. I'd rather maintain it as-is.

Re: Cool- this is a contender

[minkrose]

Yay!

They've changed their pricing since I signed up (in some January but I can't recall if it was 2010 or 2011). I'm writing this out for anyone else reading who doesn't want to bother doing research (I'm assuming you already poked around, MizA). I've received great customer support from these people and I really like the service.

If you go here: http://www.backupify.com/socialmediabackup
You can get 1G of storage free, and it includes Gmail. My main gmail is over 2G, but I guess it depends on how much you store (and how much email you get). I've had my account since early 2004.

Otherwise, the google apps (including Gmail) back up is $3/month, 25G per user account. http://www.backupify.com/googleappsbackup