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scinthiajones33
10-16-2008, 06:52 AM
Since our organization accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise, we require some D2D backup repository to accelerate file backup and recovery.
Please suggest some rock-solid platform for maintaining backups on-line that can self manage large files like Web 2.0 rich media, video surveillance data.
thiggins
10-16-2008, 10:10 AM
Take a look at Mozy (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30393/85/). They have versions from Home to Enterprise needs. There are many others such as Carbonite (http://www.carbonite.com/)and idrive (http://www.idrive.com/).
claykin
10-17-2008, 09:09 AM
My favorite, www.jungledisk.com

Be careful with "free" accounts. While they work, they throttle bandwidth and have other limitations. Check first. Also look for a service that supports Rsync, especially if you are expecting to backup large files such as an Outlook.pst file. Rsync will backup only the changed portion of a file. This saves tons of bandwidth and time.

Last, know who you are dealing with. Where do they store your data? Who holds the decryption keys?



Take a look at Mozy (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30393/85/). They have versions from Home to Enterprise needs. There are many others such as Carbonite (http://www.carbonite.com/)and idrive (http://www.idrive.com/).
bombay
10-17-2008, 11:24 AM
I agree, Jungle Disk with Amazon S3 is the only option I would consider.
For all I know, Mozy might go under like many other hosting websites have, leaving you either stranded or extremely inconvenienced.
claykin
10-17-2008, 08:36 PM
Not to throw you under the bus, but I would worry more about Carbonite and iDrive and less about Mozy (owned by EMC).

If Jungledisk went out, we wouldn't be able to use JD+ services any longer but could still retrieve data from Amazon. But lets not think about Jungledisk going out, because they have the best Home and SOHO solution.

I agree, Jungle Disk with Amazon S3 is the only option I would consider.
For all I know, Mozy might go under like many other hosting websites have, leaving you either stranded or extremely inconvenienced.