Carbonite - I had no idea it was THIS bad!

Oh, if only I could take pictures worth backing up.

I looked into Carbonite and didn't get it for the exact same reasons mentioned here: data throttling and the many types of files they won't automatically back up, such as video files.

I simply use a Time Capsule at home and then I also have a large hard drive that I store off-site and bring home at least once a quarter to run an additional backup (or more often if necessary). I also balanced out the cost, and it came out cheaper for me to use two additional hard drives versus paying for online backup, assuming that I don't have a string of hard drive failures.

Bryan

bps wrote in post #15508457
I looked into Carbonite and didn't get it for the exact same reasons mentioned here: data throttling and the many types of files they won't automatically back up, such as video files.

I simply use a Time Capsule at home and then I also have a large hard drive that I store off-site and bring home at least once a quarter to run an additional backup (or more often if necessary). I also balanced out the cost, and it came out cheaper for me to use two additional hard drives versus paying for online backup, assuming that I don't have a string of hard drive failures.

Bryan

3 months is a lot of potential data to lose if the house burns down.

I went with Crashplan because it doesn't have the limitations of Carbonite. Basically, the limit is your own Internet connection's upload speed. I also like that they'll keep deleted files and many, many versions of every file. To do that locally would cost a lot for the drive space.

mike_d wrote in post #15508541
3 months is a lot of potential data to lose if the house burns down.

Which is why I put in parenthesis "or more often if necessary". If I'm working on a major project, then the off-site drive will come home more often.

Of course, the way I'm doing it won't work for everyone. If you're a full-time pro, then an online backup system might be easier. But for someone like me, it works perfectly.

Bryan

Of course carbonite is bad! Han Solo was frozen in that stuff!!

Lol sorry, had to say it

Mashimaro wrote in post #15510076
Of course carbonite is bad! Han Solo was frozen in that stuff!!

Lol sorry, had to say it

LMFAO