6+ months of use - love it. Transparent, reliable. Recovery was a snap, I evaluated Carbonite but it couldn’t handle backup of externally attached drives. Mozy does.

Thanks for the comment Mark. I tried Box.net too but the free one won’t let you upload files bigger than 10mb which really limits it.

I should give it a try. I’ve been using FolderShare for quite a while but Mozy seems to have more features I could use.

I have been using Mozy for around a month now on my Mac. I upgraded from the free to the paid for version and the initial upload was a real pain, 30GB! But now I don’t even notice it. I guess I should try the restore just to ensure it is working!

You should definitely try to do a restore. A few of my users were showing huge discrepancies between what their Mozy clients said they were backing up and what my online admin console showed as actually being backed up. Tech support told me their backups were corrupted and I needed to reinstall the latest client and do a full backup. I still like them but that made me pretty nervous, fortunately I caught it before any harm was done.

Bloody hell! That is worrying.

The thing that bothers me about Mozy (I’m testing the 2GB version) is that it creates a MIRROR of the drives on your computer. Other than the 30 days versioning capability (not very useful - I don’t want to feel like I’m on a constant countdown to potential data loss) there is no way to store anything on the Mozy servers that is different to what’s on your computer.

Plus, and I think this is more critical, if you deselect files/folders on your computer, it won’t just not back them up next time, it will DELETE those files/folders from your backup. That doesn’t sound like a good backup strategy to me. I might want to delete a folder simply because I know I have a backup of it! With Mozy’s logic I lose both the folder I deleted and the backup!!

I don’t want to always be careful about what I move or delete - I’d rather have a static backup of what files/folders my computer contained at a specific point in time until I decide to add to or take away from the backup manually.

Good points Mark. I can see how their approach isn’t exactly flexible but have you considered online storage options rather than Mozy style online backup? For me at least, all I want is to have a secure backup of my files, pure and simple, and it currently does the job admirably for me without any interference on my part. If I deselect files it typically means I don’t need to back them up anymore.

I am using the free 2GB version and am also impressed with how lightweight the program is - and non-intrusive. I am starting to accumulate a ton of digital photos and AVI videos that my Fuji F30 is able to take, but all this convenience takes up lots of room. So it looks like I might opt for the paid version - leave the computer uploading for a week (or so), and keep a backup this way. Unless anyone else has a better way of backing this all up without too much effort and expense on tape hardware (DVD will not be big enough).
The other alternative is for my brother and I to purchase a QNAP TS109 each, which is an excellent NAS device able to do block level replication of it’s stored files to another partnering QNAP over the web. This way I get off-site backups without the subscription to Mozy. Just a thought but I am all up for better ideas!

I use Memopal, I think it’s even simpler than Mozy. To receive the invite and have a free copy just email me.

I have used Mozy for a month or so and have to say I like it. Simple. Easy. Works.

Mark, wow. That is a pretty disturbing discovery (the unchecking issue). I switched from Mozy to another service when I found out that it only mirrored my computer and I couldn’t delete things. I didn’t realize the other issues. Try ElephantDrive (uses Amazon S3), it keeps everything.

Might I also suggest SpiderOak, which is not only very secure, but also very simple to use. SpiderOak can be used on any platform and can be used with any number of devices for no extra cost. Not to mention (to Mark), files are never deleted when deselected. There is also a free 2GB version to try out.