Carbonite vs Mozy: Which Online Backup Is Best?
Posted on July 23rd, 2010 in Data Backup Blog
bestonlinestorage.com Carbonite backup vs Mozy-which online backup service is best? This review compares the two companies and provides a recommendation as to which computer backup solution is best. You can read the full Carbonite review here: bestonlinestorage.com You can read the Mozy backup review here: bestonlinestorage.com
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July 24th, 2010
Hasnt anyone ever thought to buy an external harddrive and back their files up to that for $45 forever??
July 24th, 2010
If you’re considering Carbonite, don’t! I had been a customer of Carbonite for years. My PC had a failure and the system was rolled back to an earlier date. I go to Carbonite and they can’t provide my data. When Carbonite does a backup they write a file to the PC that they’re backing up and then they use that file to restore the system. Long story short, I lost family pictures, videos, tax information, work and personal files. I was promised numerous callbacks from engineering that never came.
July 24th, 2010
In your comparison charts you have that Mozy files are “uploaded to Carbonite’s secured servers” really? I think you made a mistake in your copy and paste.
July 24th, 2010
In the Security section of your comparison chart you state that with Mozy your files are “uploaded to Carbonite’s secured servers” really? or just sloppy copy and pasting?
July 24th, 2010
What about backing up external drives and versioning. Power users could care less about customer service, but they want to know about these other important features.
July 24th, 2010
This video won’t even play for me?
July 24th, 2010
I made comparison between these two too. I decided subscribe Mozy. Carbonite has one thing I hate. When you add new folders you can’t never be sure all files are in back-up by default. I have always browse all files to be sure.
July 24th, 2010
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July 24th, 2010
Carbonite is a perfect program!! no problems at all
July 24th, 2010
All in all, I’m pretty happy with it, even though I had some issue at the beginning (mostly due to my lack of understanding of the product). I use VoIP phone over cable modem and at times when there is a lot of neighborhood traffic on the cable, Mozy can cause phone degradation. If that happens, I either throttle mozy back or suspend it till my call is over, then let it go again.
Hope that helps.
July 24th, 2010
I have it run up to 4 BUs a day, let it use as much network as it wants, will start each BU if CPU is < 90%, and will start BU if CPU is idle for over 10 minutes. — I rarely notice when it’s actually copying and when it’s not unless I peek at the icon in the system tray (it pulsates when its copying).
On occasion, have STOPPED Mozy. It has a suspend button that will stop it from copying. To remove it entirely from the “running applications and processes” you need to use Task manager.
July 24th, 2010
Mozy going it can consume a fair amount of resources as it backs up all your targeted data the 1st time. It took over a week to get the first copy of my 182mgb across the network. I started by only asking it to do the most important folders, then gradually added other folders as the others finished. Mozy (like Carbonite) has a way where it only re-copies the portions of files that have changed rather than the whole file. I was very skeptical of this at first but it does seem to work. – con’t
July 24th, 2010
There is a “don’t start a backup if the CPU is over xx% busy configuration setting. I think the default is 50%. I have mine set to 90. I don’t notice any difference in performance when Mozy is copying and when it is idle.
I’m not running memory and CPU hog programs very much. I do use Photoshop and Lightroom but do not notice much of a difference in performance when Mozy is copying or waiting. — Con’t
July 24th, 2010
Only used Carbonite for a bit before switching to Mozy, so can’t really compare. I switched when I found that Carbonite could not back up my external drives.
With Mozy, there is a network bandwidth throttle where you specify how much network kbps it is allowed to use and can set the throttle to only be enforced during a certain time window each day (presumably while you’re awake). – Con’t
July 24th, 2010
Only used Carbonite for a bit before switching to Mozy, so can’t really compare. I switched when I found that Carbonite could not back up my external drives.
With Mozy, there is a network bandwidth throttle where you specify how much network kbps it is allowed to use and can set the throttle to only be enforced during a certain time window each day (presumably while you’re awake).
(con’t)
July 24th, 2010
@Califdan69
How do the two services compare as related to CPU required? Carbonite impacts my system performance and there is no way to actual stop it from running. I would prefer so manual control. where some folders are automatic backup and others are user controlled.
July 24th, 2010
@rdatkins1
I basically agree. Also it seems like I cannot stop the Carbonite service completely. It looks like it is sucking down CPU cycles even when it is paused. I could be wrong.
July 24th, 2010
@KevWorship
I backup video files with Carbonite. It just doesn’t default to back them up.
July 24th, 2010
The chance that my place burns down is the same as their place burning down…. or getting hacked.
Getting my place rebuilt is far more important than replacing my computer files.
July 24th, 2010
Carbonite: no .exe or Video file backup
Mozyhome: exe and Video backup
Clear winner: MOZYHOME!!!
July 24th, 2010
Feels like this online backup system is a major problem waiting to happen.
July 24th, 2010
The whole point is “off-site backup”. If you have a fire or your stuff is stolen then the flash drive goes with it. I also have very important stuff that I have got over the years so the more back-ups the better. I use Time Machine, but I also use Mozy as something to fall back on if Time Machine fails.
July 24th, 2010
This review is a joke! How about actually comparing the products instead of the prices and support. I.E. the fact that Mozy will backup your external hardrives and carbonite will not etc. Not that I’m totally convinced Mozy is better but this review is a joke.
July 24th, 2010
Where do I get a 500 gig flash drive?
July 24th, 2010
Well, I´m on over 4 hours on the phone with them just trying to get the service.
They seem to be having major difficulty trying to resolve an error from my original contanct (who has Carbonite as a vender).
My frustation is epoc! What a pain, I´m about to throw it in on Carbonite.