At this rate, it would take over three months to upload my remaining 110 GB of data. A few days later, the upload speed slowed to 192 Kbps, or about 1 GB per day. I was not too thrilled to find out the new batch of data was uploading at a maximum speed 256 Kbps, or 2 GB per day. Once my initial backup completed, I selected another 170 GB of data to upload.
It took over two weeks of leaving my computer on all day and all night to upload my initial 150GB of data. While I have a 3 Mbps upstream connection through Comcast, my upload speed was maxing out at about 1 Mbps, which is about 10GB per day. However, as my initial backup progressed, I was not too pleased with was the backup speed. I was pleased with the Carbonite interface, as it was intuitive and did exactly what I wanted. You can also restore files directly from the System Preference interface, which is pretty great. You can choose what files to backup and what files to exclude. The Mac interface is a slick System Preference pane that provides the status of the backup, along with several useful controls.
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I signed up for the trial and installed the Carbonite software. Since I needed to backup over 300 GB of data, Carbonite's unlimited plan for less than $60 a year was very appealing. If you want to back up more data with these services, the monthly price quickly doubles or triples. I found that many of the other services offered limited data backups, such as 20 GB, 50 GB, or 100 GB. After browsing through several options, Carbonite was my top choice.Ĭarbonite made sense for me since it provides unlimited data backup for a low price ($59/year). Therefore, a few weeks ago, I decided to try an online backup service. While both situations are unlikely (especially the EMP), it still is not a risk I am willing to take. If some crazy storm ripped through my area or if my town was hit with some kind of EMP (electromagnetic pulse), I would lose all my backups at once. While that provides pretty decent data redundancy, all my backups are located within a few miles of each other. I have five different backups of my computer in three different locations. I often say that my life is stored on my computer, which is hardly hyperbole.
If you're like most people, you have personal documents, photos, videos, and other data on your PC that would be devastating to lose. In fact, I believe it is the most important thing you can do for your computer. Many of you know that I am am a big fan of backing up your data.
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