I’ve recently converted to Carbonite Online Backup as our "emergency" backup solution for our home PCs. So far, I love this service. Its a flat-rate "set-it and forget-it" off-site back-up solution if you have an always-on internet connection. It automatically backs-up any new files that are added to your computer during periods of low or no internet usage to an off-site facility. The only down-side is that the service may take a week or more to perform the initial backup if you have large, full drives (as I do). After that, it works invisibly by only sending changes to the service. Download new photos to your PC, and they get backed up later that night without having to remember to trigger a back-up, etc.
Off-site backup is particularly important if you use your computer to store valuable digital photos that would be irreplaceable in the event of a fire (that destroys all of your on-site backups).
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About mattsanf
Matthew Sanfilippo is currently Executive Director of PSII (Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator) and the CenSCIR (Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure), Associate Director of ICES (Institute for Complex Engineered Systems), and Associate Director of PITA (Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
Prior to CMU, Matthew was Director of Applied Technology for Michael Baker Corporation, a large engineering and energy services firm. Matt managed a technology consulting division for Baker including Geographic Information System (GIS), software and web development, multimedia, virtual reality (VR), visualization, Global Positioning System (GPS), mapping and surveying services.
Before joining Baker, Matt was an Innovation Director for Redleaf Group, a Venture Capital/Operating Company focused on Information Security, Supply Chain, Network and Mobility Solutions. While at Redleaf, Matt managed technical due diligence for seed-stage investments and coordinated relationships between Redleaf and their partner companies after investment.
Prior to Redleaf, Matt was CIO of GZA GeoEnvironmental Technologies, a Boston-based engineering firm, and operations manager for their Internet start-up division that focused on web-technologies for health and safety and manufacturing metrics.
Matt is current board member and past Chairman of the Board for the Botanic Garden of Western Pennsylvania, a board member of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), and a former member of the Information Sciences and Technology Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania State University Beaver. Matt is also a former Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals and former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for Baker Combined Charity of Pennsylvania.
I’ve been lurking here for a while and enjoy the projects you share with us. I use both Carbonit and Mozy.com for online backup (I got free accounts from both for being a beta tester), and it is comforting to know I have my data in three locations. Nice post on Carbonite. I suggest you also test Mozy’s free service. They have some features you might be interested in that C does not have, such as the ability to restore previous file versions. I had one drawing of mine become corrupted, and I was able to restore it from M, and not from C (C’s version was corrupted, too, because I backed up the corrupted file there). Anyway, nice to know we have more than one area of common interest. Keep up the great posts.
Don
Thanks.
I will try the other one also because I have been concerned about “backing-up corrupted files”…seems like the main down-side to Carbonite.
Matt