Experiences with Mozy

Like many bloggers, I've been following Mozy for a while. I've had a free account for a year or so now and it has been quietly backing up 1GB of important docs the whole time.

The Windows app can be a bit slow and clunky but it gets the job done. The most annoying thing was that you had to back up using backup sets, which were groups of file extensions.

The other day I noticed that the app had updated itself and that you could now back up by location. So I signed up for a year ($55) and added every folder I would not want to lose. 200GB later and Mozy was ready to start the slow process in getting everything up into the magic backup cloud.

It was a pretty painless process, and being able to back up by location actually prompted me to delete a bunch of old crap from my computers.

I would love to try JungleDisk (the Amazon S3 powered solution) but I just don't have the time. At least Mozy is an integrated solution. As long as the restores work.... When I get a chance, I'll test a restore and post about the experience.

BTW, I did try Carbonite at a recommendation from a friend, but the backup client would never connect to their server due to some kind of proxy error. I tried to troubleshoot but their support was lame, and I gave up after 30 mins or so.

The Mozy newsletter is pretty funny too....