Comments on: The Carbonite Solution to Online Backups http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mard http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-955337 Mard Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:05:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-955337 Carbonite is now listed as number 11 in the top 25 rankings for February 2007 on the backupreview.info website. Carbonite is now listed as number 11 in the top 25 rankings for February 2007 on the backupreview.info website.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-936611 Jeff Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:53:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-936611 For more backup alternatives: http://www.seniorsguidetocomputers.com/backup.asp For more backup alternatives:

http://www.seniorsguidetocomputers.com/backup.asp

]]> By: Bazooka http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-916853 Bazooka Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:11:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-916853 Carbonite's website is still using a price chart from Q1 2006: "Prices based on public web sites 4/4/06" Doesn't exactly inspire me to trust them with my data. Carbonite’s website is still using a price chart from Q1 2006:

“Prices based on public web sites 4/4/06″

Doesn’t exactly inspire me to trust them with my data.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-877067 Jeff Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:49:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-877067 Hey, here is another one. With IDrive-E (http://www.idrive.com) you will get 2GB of backup space absolutely free. There is no catch involved here. For $4.95 a month or $49.5/month, you can have unlimited backups. Just store your photos, media files or other important documents. This application does automated backup of your files and folders. There is no need to perform complicated procedures here to backup and restore your files. Just select the files and folders and then back them up immediately or schedule backups for a future date and time. You can even directly add files and folders from Windows Explorer to your IDrive-E backup set and easily drag-and-drop files using Windows Explorer like interface from your IDrive-E account to your PC. Users can view the list of all individual versions of a particular file that are maintained on the IDrive-E account and can restore individual versions of a file. IDrive-E does incremental backups that transfer only portions of file that have been modified or changed since the last backup. You can also adjust the application bandwidth so that you can access other applications without any interruptions. All data transfer is encrypted with 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and there is 256-bit AES encryption on storage with user provided encryption password key. Hey, here is another one. With IDrive-E (http://www.idrive.com) you will get 2GB of backup space absolutely free. There is no catch involved here.

For $4.95 a month or $49.5/month, you can have unlimited backups. Just store your photos, media files or other important documents. This application does automated backup of your files and folders. There is no need to perform complicated procedures here to backup and restore your files. Just select the files and folders and then back them up immediately or schedule backups for a future date and time. You can even directly add files and folders from Windows Explorer to your IDrive-E backup set and easily drag-and-drop files using Windows Explorer like interface from your IDrive-E account to your PC. Users can view the list of all individual versions of a particular file that are maintained on the IDrive-E account and can restore individual versions of a file.

IDrive-E does incremental backups that transfer only portions of file that have been modified or changed since the last backup. You can also adjust the application bandwidth so that you can access other applications without any interruptions. All data transfer is encrypted with 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and there is 256-bit AES encryption on storage with user provided encryption password key.

]]> By: Matthew Donquast http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-802530 Matthew Donquast Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:13:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-802530 disclaimer: shameless plug. Hey folks, part of the problem is you're at a central provider. Given market pressures / pricing / growth, there are going to be issues now and again. It's inevitable. Everyone goes down sooner or later. Everyone. (Well accept maybe Amazon's S3. Has that gone down yet?) Another consideration is this: How many hundreds of thousands of people backing up to a single provider does it take before it's worth a hackers time to try and get in? Many of these providers while encrypting data locally, also have encryption keys locally too. We're one of the new players on the block, but with a twist: We're a software only product that allows you to backup to as many destinations as you want. YOUR destinations. Simply install a USB drive at the office, a friends house, etc, and have your data off-site. (and on-site too.) This is a huge benefit when it comes time to restore. You don't have to wait days or weeks to get it all back! No monthly fees, just $20 to keep a copy of a machine on as many other machines as you want. You can backup to us if you want too, but we try and discourage that. Eventually we'll go down, everybody does remember? http://www.crashplan.com/support/faq.vtl#wecare Try us out for 30 days free. As a central provider we'll be faster than what I'm reading. Mozy looks pretty cool too if you want an off-site central provider. I haven't read issues like this. ~Matthew disclaimer: shameless plug.

Hey folks, part of the problem is you’re at a central provider. Given market pressures / pricing / growth, there are going to be issues now and again. It’s inevitable. Everyone goes down sooner or later. Everyone. (Well accept maybe Amazon’s S3. Has that gone down yet?)

Another consideration is this: How many hundreds of thousands of people backing up to a single provider does it take before it’s worth a hackers time to try and get in? Many of these providers while encrypting data locally, also have encryption keys locally too.

We’re one of the new players on the block, but with a twist: We’re a software only product that allows you to backup to as many destinations as you want. YOUR destinations. Simply install a USB drive at the office, a friends house, etc, and have your data off-site. (and on-site too.) This is a huge benefit when it comes time to restore. You don’t have to wait days or weeks to get it all back!

No monthly fees, just $20 to keep a copy of a machine on as many other machines as you want. You can backup to us if you want too, but we try and discourage that. Eventually we’ll go down, everybody does remember?

http://www.crashplan.com/support/faq.vtl#wecare

Try us out for 30 days free. As a central provider we’ll be faster than what I’m reading. Mozy looks pretty cool too if you want an off-site central provider. I haven’t read issues like this.

~Matthew

]]> By: Geoff http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-797724 Geoff Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:09:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-797724 Annemarie: I've been having trouble with Carbonite the past few weeks as well. It's taken 3 weeks to backup 5GB on a T1 and their support has not been terribly helpful. Mike - Been a loyal TechCrunch reader since the beginning and have discovered some really cool services as a result of your reviews, but unfortunately this one seems to be a dud. Anyone had sucess with any of the other online storage/backup services? Annemarie: I’ve been having trouble with Carbonite the past few weeks as well. It’s taken 3 weeks to backup 5GB on a T1 and their support has not been terribly helpful.

Mike - Been a loyal TechCrunch reader since the beginning and have discovered some really cool services as a result of your reviews, but unfortunately this one seems to be a dud.

Anyone had sucess with any of the other online storage/backup services?

]]> By: Annemarie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-786828 Annemarie Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:49:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-786828 I recently subscribed to Carbonite and am now unable to get onto their website. I've checked my internet connection and firewall settings, both of which should be permitting access. This problem has just developed in the past couple of days--does anyone know whether Carbonite is experiencing problems? My data seems to be backing up still, but this obviously has implications for recovering it. Has anyone had similar problems? I recently subscribed to Carbonite and am now unable to get onto their website. I’ve checked my internet connection and firewall settings, both of which should be permitting access. This problem has just developed in the past couple of days–does anyone know whether Carbonite is experiencing problems? My data seems to be backing up still, but this obviously has implications for recovering it.

Has anyone had similar problems?

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-782323 Jon Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:39:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-782323 Best online back up I've seen, is www.myotherdrive.com They give you 5GB free and a very slick browser client. Now they offer upgrades to storage amounts as large as 200GB. Cheapest rates I've seen thus far. Best online back up I’ve seen, is http://www.myotherdrive.com They give you 5GB free and a very slick browser client. Now they offer upgrades to storage amounts as large as 200GB. Cheapest rates I’ve seen thus far.

]]> By: Stoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-712437 Stoo Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:50:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-712437 How many users does Carbonite have? It's interesting to me that those numbers aren't published much within this niche. Before I decide to trust them, I'd like to know how many other people are trusting them. How many users does Carbonite have? It’s interesting to me that those numbers aren’t published much within this niche. Before I decide to trust them, I’d like to know how many other people are trusting them.

]]> By: Bryan Avery http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-689189 Bryan Avery Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:03:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-689189 I agree Carbonite does the job for both the home user and anyone who needs their machine backed up. I have it installed at home and on my work laptop, I'm always worried about losing my laptop and now I can be happy that all my work is backed up all the time. I agree Carbonite does the job for both the home user and anyone who needs their machine backed up.

I have it installed at home and on my work laptop, I’m always worried about losing my laptop and now I can be happy that all my work is backed up all the time.

]]> By: Multimedias.mobi » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-595265 Multimedias.mobi » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:20:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-595265 [...] Xdrive dropped its prices and now gives 5 GB away for free. A ton of specialized storage companies launched that offer much lower prices than last year as well. Carbonite , for example, will back up a hard drive of any size for $5/month. [...] [...] Xdrive dropped its prices and now gives 5 GB away for free. A ton of specialized storage companies launched that offer much lower prices than last year as well. Carbonite , for example, will back up a hard drive of any size for $5/month. [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-592907 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:03:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-592907 [...] Xdrive dropped its prices and now gives 5 GB away for free. A ton of specialized storage companies launched that offer much lower prices than last year as well. Carbonite , for example, will back up a hard drive of any size for $5/month. [...] [...] Xdrive dropped its prices and now gives 5 GB away for free. A ton of specialized storage companies launched that offer much lower prices than last year as well. Carbonite , for example, will back up a hard drive of any size for $5/month. [...]

]]> By: Jose Puleo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-531324 Jose Puleo Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:49:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-531324 I'm a digital photographer, I had a Raid 0 500 Gig crash in June. A service tried, to no avail, to retrieve my own personal artwork files. It was a real wake-up call. While I always backed up my customer files, it hurt to loose a couple of my projects. I've since gone to using two Lacie external drives, and DVD's being very inexpensive these days, I keep my backups at the local bank. I live next to the water, so, it's important to do so. In researching a better way, I found a couple of companies, including Acronis which I plan to use, who crate a complete (data, applications, setting etc.) mirror image of your hard drive, and what's great, so they say, it can be installed on new or different computer. When restoring all of my files from my crash, the applications and the way I had tuned them took the most time. Anyone used this as a backup solution? Cheers, Jose I’m a digital photographer, I had a Raid 0 500 Gig crash in June. A service tried, to no avail, to retrieve my own personal artwork files. It was a real wake-up call. While I always backed up my customer files, it hurt to loose a couple of my projects.
I’ve since gone to using two Lacie external drives, and DVD’s being very inexpensive these days, I keep my backups at the local bank. I live next to the water, so, it’s important to do so.
In researching a better way, I found a couple of companies, including Acronis which I plan to use, who crate a complete (data, applications, setting etc.) mirror image of your hard drive, and what’s great, so they say, it can be installed on new or different computer. When restoring all of my files from my crash, the applications and the way I had tuned them took the most time.
Anyone used this as a backup solution?
Cheers, Jose

]]> By: Ben Strackany http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-488994 Ben Strackany Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:51:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-488994 I use Mozy & love the client. I don't mind paying for it. I'll probably be playing around with JungleDisk or something soon, though, since I also need something that will run on a server. I'm not terribly worried about losing my data -- anything that super important is also backed up to DVDs. Besides, the odds of Mozy going instantly out of business, not telling their users or letting them retrieve their files, and my PC blowing up at the same time...well, pretty slim odds. I use Mozy & love the client. I don’t mind paying for it. I’ll probably be playing around with JungleDisk or something soon, though, since I also need something that will run on a server. I’m not terribly worried about losing my data — anything that super important is also backed up to DVDs.

Besides, the odds of Mozy going instantly out of business, not telling their users or letting them retrieve their files, and my PC blowing up at the same time…well, pretty slim odds.

]]> By: xxdesmus http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-466776 xxdesmus Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:40:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-466776 I absolutely love this service, but I guess I am a bit apprehensive that they will stay in business at the very attractive (for the customer at least) prices they offer. I absolutely love this service, but I guess I am a bit apprehensive that they will stay in business at the very attractive (for the customer at least) prices they offer.

]]> By: Peter Newman http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-385893 Peter Newman Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:20:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-385893 I was referred to http://www.BackupReview.info while researching about Online Backup. I get all the Online backup and storage news from this site. This website ranks the top 25 online backup companies monthly. I checked all rankings for 2006, surprisingly Carbonite has not made it to the top 25 even once. Can someone explain this please? BackupReview.info is one of the best resource sites for online backup. I was referred to http://www.BackupReview.info while researching about Online Backup. I get all the Online backup and storage news from this site.

This website ranks the top 25 online backup companies monthly. I checked all rankings for 2006, surprisingly Carbonite has not made it to the top 25 even once. Can someone explain this please?

BackupReview.info is one of the best resource sites for online backup.

]]> By: Goop http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-384679 Goop Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:12:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-384679 I think that all of these solutions are good for pc users however if businesses were thinking about backing up their data they should look towards more professional solutions, ones that at least have a phone number and address on the website! These solutions are great for personal use and offer many great features that are valuable for people who just need a quick fix solution for backing up important data, however, if you are a business why on earth would you trust your personal and confidential information to a service which does not offer you their number for contact? Just looking at the market for data backup as an outsider I would say the market is spilt into three parts right now. One for home users, one for business users and one for enterprise users. For home users I would say that services like Carbonite or even Mozy are good enough to suffice their means, but if you are a business looking to backup your critical information your data would be in safer hands with a trusted service backed by your trusted IT consultants. I think that all of these solutions are good for pc users however if businesses were thinking about backing up their data they should look towards more professional solutions, ones that at least have a phone number and address on the website!

These solutions are great for personal use and offer many great features that are valuable for people who just need a quick fix solution for backing up important data, however, if you are a business why on earth would you trust your personal and confidential information to a service which does not offer you their number for contact?

Just looking at the market for data backup as an outsider I would say the market is spilt into three parts right now. One for home users, one for business users and one for enterprise users. For home users I would say that services like Carbonite or even Mozy are good enough to suffice their means, but if you are a business looking to backup your critical information your data would be in safer hands with a trusted service backed by your trusted IT consultants.

]]> By: Balaji’s Blog » links for 2006-09-18 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-323468 Balaji’s Blog » links for 2006-09-18 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:55:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-323468 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » The Carbonite Solution to Online Backups 5 USD a month for unlimited online storage of backups and 30 days rollback - dang, I sure can use this! (tags: web2.0 software backup) [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » The Carbonite Solution to Online Backups 5 USD a month for unlimited online storage of backups and 30 days rollback - dang, I sure can use this! (tags: web2.0 software backup) [...]

]]> By: Ian http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-307015 Ian Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:30:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-307015 Gio: XDrive sounds awesome from a feature standpoint, I don't even care about the AOL connection, and even after trying and liking carbonite (my trial is up in a few days), I wouldn't mind trying xdrive, except for 2 things: 1) Why can't I just register without creating an AOL screen name? I don't need or want yet another email address. 2) I can't find pricing information on the xdrive site. All I see is promotion for the free 5GB. I tried Learn More, I tried the FAQ, I tried the Sign Up link, the terms, everywhere.... where is the pricing???? Gio: XDrive sounds awesome from a feature standpoint, I don’t even care about the AOL connection, and even after trying and liking carbonite (my trial is up in a few days), I wouldn’t mind trying xdrive, except for 2 things:

1) Why can’t I just register without creating an AOL screen name? I don’t need or want yet another email address.

2) I can’t find pricing information on the xdrive site. All I see is promotion for the free 5GB. I tried Learn More, I tried the FAQ, I tried the Sign Up link, the terms, everywhere…. where is the pricing????

]]> By: sage http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-270209 sage Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:27:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-270209 i'm a carbonite user. i've read good and bad comments about it. but for any service offered at a good pricing level, you need to define your scope very precisely. use carbonite for backup, nothing more. no versioning, nothing. and accept the fact that restore will take days. disaster strikes in 2 cases: 1) your pc crashed, you need to restore your data 2) your house burnt down, you need to access/restore your data having a home NAS for backup solved problemo #1, but carbonite will give u an option when devil #2 strikes. you can joke all you want, but it's like insurance, if it does strike you ... as for data privacy, i've reviewed their faq, seemed to me that encryption at both netowork transport level and data bit level is at the top of their consideration. so it's up to you to step out of the comfort zone and hand over your "privacy". more or less, your profile is in the cyberworld already. I sound too much like a carbonite employee, huh. well, i'm not. just an IT guy trying to help you make a decision that helps you in the long run. i’m a carbonite user. i’ve read good and bad comments about it. but for any service offered at a good pricing level, you need to define your scope very precisely. use carbonite for backup, nothing more. no versioning, nothing. and accept the fact that restore will take days.

disaster strikes in 2 cases:
1) your pc crashed, you need to restore your data
2) your house burnt down, you need to access/restore your data

having a home NAS for backup solved problemo #1, but carbonite will give u an option when devil #2 strikes.

you can joke all you want, but it’s like insurance, if it does strike you …

as for data privacy, i’ve reviewed their faq, seemed to me that encryption at both netowork transport level and data bit level is at the top of their consideration. so it’s up to you to step out of the comfort zone and hand over your “privacy”. more or less, your profile is in the cyberworld already.

I sound too much like a carbonite employee, huh. well, i’m not. just an IT guy trying to help you make a decision that helps you in the long run.

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » ProtectMyPhotos launches very easy online media storage http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-262900 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » ProtectMyPhotos launches very easy online media storage Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:16:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-262900 [...] Venture funded Carbonite (our review) offers similar services at a similar basic price point but without storage limits. See also MyFabrik’s interesting local storage partnership with Maxtor, extensive online UI but more expensive service. There’s also Earthlink’s WebLife, and StashSpace for similar functionality with video storage and editing. StreamLoad is one of the most interesting players in this vertical, offering large amounts of storage space for free or dirt cheap. Those are just a few of the most recent entries, there are quite a few others as well. [...] [...] Venture funded Carbonite (our review) offers similar services at a similar basic price point but without storage limits. See also MyFabrik’s interesting local storage partnership with Maxtor, extensive online UI but more expensive service. There’s also Earthlink’s WebLife, and StashSpace for similar functionality with video storage and editing. StreamLoad is one of the most interesting players in this vertical, offering large amounts of storage space for free or dirt cheap. Those are just a few of the most recent entries, there are quite a few others as well. [...]

]]> By: EveryDigg » Blog Archive » The Carbonite Solution to Online Backups http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-240966 EveryDigg » Blog Archive » The Carbonite Solution to Online Backups Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:12:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-240966 [...] We â??ve been tracking online storage for nearly a year, and for good reason. As the PC becomes the center of our digital lives, having backups of email, photos, videos and music becomes increasingly important.read more | digg story [...] [...] We â??ve been tracking online storage for nearly a year, and for good reason. As the PC becomes the center of our digital lives, having backups of email, photos, videos and music becomes increasingly important.read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-227318 Chris Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:46:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-227318 Give Backup To The Web a try. They're $8.95 for 50GB, but you can have multiple computers on the same account, plus they have unlimited versioning, unlimited retention, and they back up only the changes. My outlook.pst is being backed up daily without shutting down, and I'm looking at 25 versions in my restore file, and that's only for September! My outlook file is over 300MB, but each new download is only about 3MB. Backups are taking about 2 minutes (after the initial two days...) and I never notice that it's running. I get an e-mail if I miss a backup (my computer was off). Give Backup To The Web a try. They’re $8.95 for 50GB, but you can have multiple computers on the same account, plus they have unlimited versioning, unlimited retention, and they back up only the changes. My outlook.pst is being backed up daily without shutting down, and I’m looking at 25 versions in my restore file, and that’s only for September! My outlook file is over 300MB, but each new download is only about 3MB. Backups are taking about 2 minutes (after the initial two days…) and I never notice that it’s running. I get an e-mail if I miss a backup (my computer was off).

]]> By: Chaka Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-223141 Chaka Jones Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:26:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-223141 Has anyone had any experience with OmniDrive? I've been watching them and they are still in beta (haven't had the chance to sign-up yet). they seems to be moving along well and have versions for MAC and PC. I like the fact that they consistently keep user (or those who want to know what's going on) up-to-date on what they're doing. I don't see that with Mozy. Mozy posts a random "fun" tidbit but states nothing about improvements or where it's headed... I find that a bit scary because it seems like they've got something good and are waiting to be bought... which may leave the end user, and his files, to the whim of the new company... Has anyone had any experience with OmniDrive? I’ve been watching them and they are still in beta (haven’t had the chance to sign-up yet). they seems to be moving along well and have versions for MAC and PC. I like the fact that they consistently keep user (or those who want to know what’s going on) up-to-date on what they’re doing. I don’t see that with Mozy. Mozy posts a random “fun” tidbit but states nothing about improvements or where it’s headed… I find that a bit scary because it seems like they’ve got something good and are waiting to be bought… which may leave the end user, and his files, to the whim of the new company…

]]> By: Swami Kumaresan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-216954 Swami Kumaresan Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:29:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/17/the-carbonite-solution-to-online-backups/#comment-216954 Silly Robert, S3 is for kids! :-) Lighten up, man, we don't use S3 at Carbonite. We're big boys & girls and we've got our own infrastructure and even write our own software! So, your financial model is a bit off the mark. Believe it or not, we did the math before we started the company, and fortunately, it looks quite different from yours :-) Silly Robert, S3 is for kids! :-)

Lighten up, man, we don’t use S3 at Carbonite. We’re big boys & girls and we’ve got our own infrastructure and even write our own software! So, your financial model is a bit off the mark. Believe it or not, we did the math before we started the company, and fortunately, it looks quite different from yours :-)

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