Comments on: Data Back-up and The Cloud http://kibo.org.uk/2010/05/07/data-back-up-and-the-cloud/ ... keeping meat fresh since 1970 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:04:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://kibo.org.uk/2010/05/07/data-back-up-and-the-cloud/#comment-924 Eric Fri, 07 May 2010 12:10:56 +0000 http://kibo.org.uk/?p=627#comment-924 Bandwidth throttling by the ISP is a big problem when you have big backup sets, like you do. In the US, as competition enters a market, caps are traditionally lifted & speeds increased (something they could have done long ago, but they only react when the threat of losing a customer appears). All "unlimited" online backup solutions I've seen (Mozy, Backblaze, Carbonite) will delete your data after 30 days. These companies provide online backup, not online storage. If you want to use the cloud for online storage, you'll have to look at a package which limits the GB allowed to be saved, like SugarSync. Bandwidth throttling by the ISP is a big problem when you have big backup sets, like you do. In the US, as competition enters a market, caps are traditionally lifted & speeds increased (something they could have done long ago, but they only react when the threat of losing a customer appears).

All “unlimited” online backup solutions I’ve seen (Mozy, Backblaze, Carbonite) will delete your data after 30 days. These companies provide online backup, not online storage.

If you want to use the cloud for online storage, you’ll have to look at a package which limits the GB allowed to be saved, like SugarSync.

]]> By: Olly http://kibo.org.uk/2010/05/07/data-back-up-and-the-cloud/#comment-922 Olly Fri, 07 May 2010 10:37:51 +0000 http://kibo.org.uk/?p=627#comment-922 Hang on. Your PC explodes in a shower of exploding stuff, so the Mozy/whatever client stops connecting and updating. Does your data still disappear in 30 days? It's not marked as deleted so for all Mozy/whatever knows it's still on your PC. Hang on. Your PC explodes in a shower of exploding stuff, so the Mozy/whatever client stops connecting and updating. Does your data still disappear in 30 days? It’s not marked as deleted so for all Mozy/whatever knows it’s still on your PC.

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