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When it comes to keeping your files safe from virus’s, crashes and the worm there are not many choices on the net today. However a player that has a seemingly impeccable record has recently surfaced more and more. Carbonite is making great gains as a backup service provider but is it really necessary to pay them to do this for you? Granted the yearly fee is only $54.95 but its still more money going out and before I do that I want to know what you all think.

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The decsion is really up-to you if you think its worth it but in my own opinion it can’t possibly be worth paying a backup service to do what I can do myself on an external hard drive every week…

That brings the question, what do you think? Is a online backup service worth it? Give me your thoughts and opinions and lets discover the majority vote! Once I have the majority vote I can decide better whether its worth it for me or not.

I do want to mention the fact that Carbonitehas won the Cnet Webware top 100 award for 2009. Its a great honor and I believe with a little more time Carbonitecould turn into a bigger service that more people use. I think before it can truly become big the Internet speeds globally will need to get quicker for the cheaper price. Here is a short snippet of what Cnet had to say about Carbonite!

Carbonite is an online storage provider that specializes in backup. Users install a small piece of software on their machine, which automatically syncs any new or changed files over a secured connection. In case of an emergency, you can simply use the software to get everything back, and because it’s not localized to where your machine is, you can get that backup from wherever you have a connection.

Carbonite isn’t a free service, but there’s no limit on the size of your computer’s backup, something which makes it more attractive as the speed of home Internet connections continues to rise.

I think that pretty much says all that needs to be said don’t you think?

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131 Responses to “Carbonite The Backup Solution Or Historic Fail?”

  1. Online Colleges Says:

    I say, that if you can save money by doing something yourself that you should do it. You can actually make the weekly back up on your external automatic, so you don’t really need to do it yourself.

    Mikael @ Retire Rich Reply:

    And I disagree 120% to this. Instead you must look at whether or not you’re able to spend your time in a more profitable way. It is quite simple really.

    If you’re able to make more money doing your business than it’ll cost you to spend the time doing backup, then by all means have someone else do it.

    Online business (well any business) is about outsourcing and not having to do stuff yourself. If you don’t learn to take yourself out of the equation then you have just created another JOB for yourself.

  2. Healthier Licorice Says:

    Ya its true Carbonite is becoming a backup service provider but little costly. I have read many article related to it online..

    Pat Testers Reply:

    @Healthier Licorice, Have you considered how much of your life is on your computer? Photos, emails, music, financial records, documents, and so much more. How would you feel if you woke up tomorrow and everything was gone so i think its not so much costly.

    absco sheds Reply:

    @Healthier Licorice, a little money is very chip cost for you valuable data in your PC. so don’t mind it. in future it will be much chipper

  3. sulumits retsambew Says:

    Its Historic Fail coz we have lot of examples in past

    Pat Testers Reply:

    @sulumits retsambew, We have about 50 employees, and about 100 total computers, including some enterprise level servers with large storage capacities. Most workstations are Windows based, most servers are Linux or BSD based. Our network is built on a stack of Cisco 10/100 switches. I would imagine the storage required for the backup would be between 500GB to 1000GB. I don’t imagine doing full backups daily, but at least every week. Are there standalone solutions that can be managed remotely? I would like something that I can plug into the network, without having to build a computer system to house it.

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  4. Pat Testers Says:

    Carbonite Backup gives you control over your data on devices you manage, placing security and ease of accessibility in your hands. With Carbonite Backup, you can be confident important data is secure and available when you need it.

    Earn Money Writing Reply:

    @Pat Testers, This sounds pretty cool.

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  5. facelift Says:

    This replicator is a great program for doing just that. I use it to back up of my your data on devices you manage all work just before I leave work every day.

    Pat Testers Reply:

    @facelift, We have two Windows XP SP2 computers. One has a 145 GB hard drive with about 52 GB used, and the other has a 111 GB hard drive with about 57 GB used. We need a complete backup solution that will allow us to recover 100% of a hard drive if there was a total failure, and also give us the ability to restore individual data files if necessary. What does everybody recommend?

    facelift Reply:

    @Pat Testers, You can use some backup tool software & hardware.

  6. web outsourcing Says:

    Carbonite really has served as an impeccable back up solution for keeping your files safely.

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  7. Earn Money Writing Says:

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  8. Paul Says:

    So this will backup your computer and websites?

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  9. Online Colleges Says:

    I think you are asked to pay to much for what it is worth. It is not complicated to back up your own computer on an external.

    Paul Reply:

    @Online Colleges, It is really cheap for one year.

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    @Online Colleges,

    The price is fair with the quality they have.

  10. Ibian Says:

    Online storage is not worth paying for. It would be if it was the only option, but there are free alternatives. Such as,

    Wuala gives you up to 100 GB for free per computer. If you have, for example, 3 computers running Wuala and they are online 24/7, that’s up to 300 GB online storage. I am sitting at 90 GB myself right now with just one computer.
    Still a beta, but i have tried every single one of the free online storage services out there and this one is by far the best.

    The only other one i would recommend is Syncplicity. I initially used this for the ability to sync multiple computers, but nobody seems to have gotten this right yet so now i just use it as a secondary backup for my most important documents and such.

    Mozy and Idrive are probably also good for strictly backup, but they don’t allow you to use your files from a web interface like the above ones do. To me, online backup that doesn’t allow me to directly access my data is useless.

    Other than that, the rest are worthless. Spideroak sometimes misses entire folders, Sugarsync is buggy, they all have some sort of issue that makes them unusable for [i]safe[/i] storage.

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    As i know carbonite backs up everything in your Documents and Settings folder (called Users in Windows Vista), including documents, photos, email and data files from applications, such as Quicken, Money, etc. Once a subscription is purchased, music is also added to the list. It uses a combination of encryption techniques, similar to those used by banks, to safeguard your data. The best thing about it is that There are no limits on backup storage capacity.

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    @skin surgery,

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  12. James horse betting systems Says:

    I think its the best way to keep our data safe.Carbonite
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    With the advent of inexpensive online data storage options, it is now possible to archive our most crucial data online. This option potentially protects we from theft and it is an off site option so it protects we from fire.

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    What is does is backing up, not protecting or safeguarding data.

  15. Jonali lycopene from tomatoes Says:

    Superb solution to backup your data. And i think it will definitely gonna popular in all enterprises.Online data backup is the best solution in these days..

    absco sheds Reply:

    @Jonali lycopene from tomatoes, you are right thinking about it. Any thing could happened to your PC its very important to keep a back up for it.

    Make Money Doing Online Surveys Reply:

    @absco sheds,
    I agree with you. Any thing could happened anytime, perhaps on the next minute. Thus remember to back up your file or anything else in an external hard disk, and using antivirus software to protect your pc.

    Regards,
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    absco sheds Reply:

    @Make Money Doing Online Surveys, Thanks for appreciate my view. yes it always beneficial to put your data some where else.

  16. used tires Says:

    You would probably need a very good internet connection for it to work well, that is if you have alot of data. I don’t know what kinda it is… but If you buy the right kind of hard-drive I am pretty sure the results can be achieved locally, which is what I would go with.

    Till then,

    Jean

    Free Credit Report Without A Credit Card Reply:

    @used tires,

    Very well said Jean. I do think the same. This gives you a lot of control on your own file.

  17. Wayne Says:

    Hard drives aren’t free either and if you’re going to do off site storage (which you should), the time you spend schlepping drives around and remembering to do it is worth something.

    This isn’t a beta, you know how many betas I’ve backed up with that are now gone?

    You’re only really backing up data, not programs or operating systems.

    Since you can’t backup network or mapped drives without paying more. I installed it on my wife’s desktop, then I schedule a backup from my laptop over the home network to a directory in the desktop.

    My stuff is backed up, her stuff is backed up, and we don’t even have to think about it.

    Use a free beta, use your own system of external drives, or don’t back up at all.

    I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it anymore. I know it’s taken care of. period.

    This is such a no brainer, I’m not sure why Shannon even had to ask. Use the free trial.

  18. Austin No win no fee Says:

    All the info that writer mentioned above are really nice. Because off late data recovery is the main headache for the companies. And it will definitely help them..

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  19. bingo play live Says:

    Carbonite Backups cares about the security of our computer information. Statistics show that 43% of computer users lose valuable files from their computers every single year. It is important to back up important data, pictures and financial information so that loss, theft or damage to the hard drive doesn’t wipe it all out.

  20. absco sheds Says:

    Its very informative and useful for all of us. I know its some little costly but don’t mind it because it very helpful. I had read many article about it.

    Paul Reply:

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    Its secured for computer information. This is useful for taking backup from your computer which may be loss anytime that users are very well aware of that.

    Paul Reply:

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  22. Internet Marketing Tips Says:

    I don’t know if this really works. I’ve read bad reviews though, like slow recovery processes, selective back up function, and breaks down frequently. It’s up to you if you’d try.

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  24. Make Money Doing Online Surveys Says:

    Seems cool, and the price is affordable, I think it’s worth to try. Anyone of you has experience with Carbonite?

    Regards,
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    Paul Reply:

    @Make Money Doing Online Surveys, Haven’t tried it yet.

  25. Toronto Personal Injury Says:

    Online backup services have grown in popularity recently due to their ease of use, very high security, and relatively low cost. Some services even have an option that backs up your files automatically every day or so (you can set the time frame). The main downside to this service is that if your computer crashes, you need Internet access to restore your files.

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    Online institutions are increasing day by day…they are even cheap and are of good quality.

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  29. Simon Wilby Says:

    Definitely a worth-trying service. Hopefully, they can add more feature.

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  30. Stancje Says:

    I don’t know man, $60 is not that little (even if it’s only per year) and you can surely find cheaper backup solutions (or even do it manualy).

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    Correct, you can even backup your whole system manually. Although it can take time.

    Make Money Doing Online Surveys Reply:

    @Stancje,
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    Regards,
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  31. Camper Trailers Brisbane Says:

    I agree with you. It is too difficult to protect your data from virus & crushes, i think carbonite is comes as gift to protect your data from all these problems. But it is really bad feeling that you have to pay for this.

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    Definitely a sure way to back up your system.

  35. Alfred Says:

    For how much time does the carbonite provides backup?
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    @Alfred, Good question. I wonder the same.

  36. Rapidshare Downloads Says:

    Well, it says $55.00 per year, so I guess that’s how long it provides the backups. I think it is nice if it takes the work out of doing it your self and remembering to do so. Also not having to use a external HDD or anything is kind of nice.

    Though I don’t think I would spend that much money to backup my files. (even if it is kind of cheap! :P )

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    @Rapidshare Downloads, I am sure they keep backups longer but you have to renew the subscription to have access again.

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    Carbonite is somewhat new to me. It’s another virus protector like McAfee and Norton, but only exclusive to Mac, and its definitely high recommended for all Mac users, to help them stay protected against deadly computer virus like the new Conficker, Trojan Horse and may more.

  38. stock market news Says:

    I have been a long time customer of carbonite & till now i am satisfied with it because if you are having your business very important such that you can not afford it to lose all the data so i will say we should have a data backup service like the carbonite one!

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    good find…

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    Online back-ups are good in a way that you’ll feel secure you won’t lose important files as you can easily retrieve these files when you need it.

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  51. Martin Says:

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  52. Internet Entrepreneurs Journey Says:

    Good service for those not sure on how to backup, myself however i like to backup regular myself on a spare drive..

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    If you’re able to make more money doing your business than it’ll cost you to spend the time doing backup, then by all means have someone else do it.

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    I would imagine the storage required for the backup would be between 500GB to 1000GB.

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