As you guys know, I really only review stuff that I actively utilize in my regular computing and photography habits.
I use Backblaze as my backup solution for the “cloud”. Yes, locally I have a Drobo and a few other little solutions. However, in case the house burns down or everything is stolen by a thief in the night, it’s very nice to know all of my stuff is backed up out there in the cloud.
Backblaze runs in the background and doesn’t get in the way. It takes a long time the first time you back everything up, but then it incrementally does it as new files come into being and as files change. It’s very smart, and it really does not eat up my active bandwidth. It is smart at running at night and when I’m not around.
Also, it is extremely extremely inexpensive! I think you will be surprised! I don’t want to mention the cost here, because it may change in a few months and this will be out of date. At the time I got it, it was less than $7 a month.
If you’d like to give Backblaze a try, they have a nice trial period. It’s really very easy and idiot-proof, which is good for someone of my idiocy.
July 16th, 2009 19:25 | Richard Uchytil
Thanks for the review. I’ve been thinking about using this service and now I definitely will! “Trey says it’s good so I MUST use it!” hehe
July 20th, 2009 08:17 | Dave Wilson
I’ll second this. I’ve been using BackBlaze for about 6 months now. It’s incredibly easy to set up, works in the background, takes very little CPU and has a rather nice control panel allowing you to throttle it’s use of your uplink bandwidth. Their online interface to your stored files is also clean and intuitive.
July 20th, 2009 08:30 | Justin Van Leeuwen
I completely agree – I grabbed Backblaze for my cloud backup in February – now I’m only half-way through backing things up (I don’t leave the computer on all the time), but half is better than nothing, and I’m confident it will finish the job.
Truly idiot-proof. You install it, and then it runs. it backs up EVERYTHING on your computer, so if you don’t care about your system files or something you have to tell it which folders to exclude.
July 20th, 2009 13:10 | Stuck In Customs
Hehe thanks – that’s great…. glad you guys agree with me!
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July 20th, 2009 16:09 | Brian R
I’ve been using Mozy for the same purpose for over a year now. I’ve got almost 400GB up there now. It took quite a while, but it’s worth it.
The only complaint I have is that when I got a new external drive, it thought all the files were new and I had to re-upload them all. Any idea if Backblaze has a similar problem?
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