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Carbonite vs Mozy: Which Online Backup Is Best?
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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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#3 written by BhagaVideo 1 year ago
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#4 written by Califdan69 1 year ago
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).
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#5 written by Califdan69 1 year ago
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
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#6 written by Califdan69 1 year ago
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 -
#7 written by Califdan69 1 year ago
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
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#8 written by Califdan69 1 year ago
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. -
#9 written by Califdan69 1 year ago
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.
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#11 written by ubservers 1 year ago
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#17 written by CarboniteLostMyData 1 year ago
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.
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#25 written by bjwaz1 1 year ago
Carbonite does NOT automatically back up video files. They must be manually selected. So that means that every time I download pics and videos from my camera I must then go in and select the videos for backup. So much for the “completely automatic” “no need to remember to backup” that they advertise. And according to their customer service, there is no setting that can be changed to make video file backup automatic. I asked for a refund within an hour of signing up. Going to MOZY.
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I backup video files with Carbonite. It just doesn’t default to back them up.