Comments on: Carbonite vs Mozy: Which Online Backup Is Best?

By: crazyzabo

crazyzabo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:37:28 +0000

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.

By: dogsbd

dogsbd — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:22:28 +0000

Where do I get a 500 gig flash drive?

By: rdatkins1

rdatkins1 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:51:26 +0000

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.

By: kyussmondo

kyussmondo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:47:02 +0000

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.

By: vincentx915

vincentx915 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:23:33 +0000

Feels like this online backup system is a major problem waiting to happen.

By: KevWorship

KevWorship — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:07:18 +0000

Carbonite: no .exe or Video file backup
Mozyhome: exe and Video backup

Clear winner: MOZYHOME!!!

By: A4GRET

A4GRET — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:16:39 +0000

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.

By: BhagaVideo

BhagaVideo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:05:07 +0000

@KevWorship
I backup video files with Carbonite. It just doesn’t default to back them up.

By: BhagaVideo

BhagaVideo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:52:18 +0000

@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.

By: BhagaVideo

BhagaVideo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:03:32 +0000

@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.