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Mozy
by Jerry Feldman-2
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Mozy is a free (up to 2GB) online backup system, owned by EMC. They
have both Windows and Mac clients. I was wondering if anyone on this list has used or investigated Mozy, and if so, have you been able to backup from Linux. http://mozy.com/ -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@...> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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Re: Mozy
by Daniel Feenberg
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Mozy is a free (up to 2GB) online backup system, owned by EMC. They > have both Windows and Mac clients. I was wondering if anyone on this > list has used or investigated Mozy, and if so, have you been able to > backup from Linux. I installed this on a friends Windows laptop. It does not appear to support any sort of Unix client, and I would be very surprised if it ran under Wine. It does quite a bit of analysis on your PC data before uploading it, presumably so that deduplication occurs before uploading. It runs in the background spontaneously and was quite easy to set up. We were paying clients, and that may have been a problem, since we signed up for a commercial account when the proper account was non-profit. The price was pretty similar, so I don't know what the reason for the distinction was. In any case, they insisted and switched us to the different type of account after a month of good service. The new account never functioned as a backup, but it did complain every few minutes that we were behind on our backups. I spent quite a bit of time trying to make it work, and then trying to remove it but failed at both, Eventually I complained to the right person and they turned it off remotely, cancelled the service and refunded her money. Daniel Feenberg > > http://mozy.com/ > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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Re: Mozy
by Al Wheeler-2
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Daniel Feenberg wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >> Mozy is a free (up to 2GB) online backup system, owned by EMC. They >> have both Windows and Mac clients. I was wondering if anyone on this >> list has used or investigated Mozy, and if so, have you been able to >> backup from Linux. > > I installed this on a friends Windows laptop. It does not appear to > support any sort of Unix client, and I would be very surprised if it > ran under Wine. It does quite a bit of analysis on your PC data before > uploading it, presumably so that deduplication occurs before uploading. > > It runs in the background spontaneously and was quite easy to set up. > > We were paying clients, and that may have been a problem, since we > signed up for a commercial account when the proper account was > non-profit. The price was pretty similar, so I don't know what the > reason for the distinction was. In any case, they insisted and > switched us to the different type of account after a month of good > service. The new account never functioned as a backup, but it did > complain every few minutes that we were behind on our backups. I spent > quite a bit of time trying to make it work, and then trying to remove > it but failed at both, Eventually I complained to the right person and > they turned it off remotely, cancelled the service and refunded her > money. > > Daniel Feenberg >> >> http://mozy.com/ It is not free, but if you are backing up only a couple of gig it cost something like $5/mo. Carbonite costs $50/yr for unlimited MS Windows backup. I do not know what constraints are in place to protect against people going wild on their storage system. rsync is not as simple as Carbonite to administer nor as elegant, but it is not too too bad. I think I watched Revision3 Techzilla compare the available online backup services last fall or there abouts (episodes 13 & 16 - I just googled). At least they talked about them. It looks like they did not discuss rsync. I must have settled on rsync for the from some other information. rsync has been around awhile. -- Alfred Wheeler -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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Re: Mozy
by Jerry Feldman-2
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Mozy is free if you are backing up <= 2GB. If you backup more it costs
$4.95/Mo. (non-commercial) On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:44:34 -0400 Al Wheeler <alfred_j_wheeler@...> wrote: > Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > >> Mozy is a free (up to 2GB) online backup system, owned by EMC. They > >> have both Windows and Mac clients. I was wondering if anyone on this > >> list has used or investigated Mozy, and if so, have you been able to > >> backup from Linux. > > > > I installed this on a friends Windows laptop. It does not appear to > > support any sort of Unix client, and I would be very surprised if it > > ran under Wine. It does quite a bit of analysis on your PC data before > > uploading it, presumably so that deduplication occurs before uploading. > > > > It runs in the background spontaneously and was quite easy to set up. > > > > We were paying clients, and that may have been a problem, since we > > signed up for a commercial account when the proper account was > > non-profit. The price was pretty similar, so I don't know what the > > reason for the distinction was. In any case, they insisted and > > switched us to the different type of account after a month of good > > service. The new account never functioned as a backup, but it did > > complain every few minutes that we were behind on our backups. I spent > > quite a bit of time trying to make it work, and then trying to remove > > it but failed at both, Eventually I complained to the right person and > > they turned it off remotely, cancelled the service and refunded her > > money. > > > > Daniel Feenberg > >> > >> http://mozy.com/ > Check out rsync.net > > It is not free, but if you are backing up only a couple of gig it cost > something like $5/mo. > > Carbonite costs $50/yr for unlimited MS Windows backup. I do not know > what constraints are in place to protect against people going wild on > their storage system. > > rsync is not as simple as Carbonite to administer nor as elegant, but it > is not too too bad. > > I think I watched Revision3 Techzilla compare the available online > backup services last fall or there abouts (episodes 13 & 16 - I just > googled). At least they talked about them. It looks like they did not > discuss rsync. I must have settled on rsync for the from some other > information. rsync has been around awhile. > > -- > > Alfred Wheeler > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@...> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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Re: Mozy
by Al Wheeler-2
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rsync's basic dollar sixty a month does not seem like much, but it is
per gigabyte with a minimum of three gigabytes. In a way, the pro-rated cost disciplines you to consider what you really need to keep on your system or protect from loss. I set my account to six gig to start. I am still in the process of determining if it is too much or too little.. <QUOTE> Account Details - Your account includes unlimited inbound and outbound data transfer - IPV4 and IPV6 network connectivity - Automate with SSH keys - Remote SSH commands (md5, mv, cp, rm, svnserve, dd, etc.) supported - Multiple logins and custom access/permissions - Encrypted Filesystem Support <SNIP> Discounts exist for open source developers and educators/students </QUOTE> http://www.rsync.net/products/index.html Jerry Feldman wrote: > Mozy is free if you are backing up <= 2GB. If you backup more it costs > $4.95/Mo. (non-commercial) > > On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:44:34 -0400 > Al Wheeler <alfred_j_wheeler@...> wrote: > > >> Daniel Feenberg wrote: >> >> >>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Mozy is a free (up to 2GB) online backup system, owned by EMC. They >>>> have both Windows and Mac clients. I was wondering if anyone on this >>>> list has used or investigated Mozy, and if so, have you been able to >>>> backup from Linux. >>>> >>> I installed this on a friends Windows laptop. It does not appear to >>> support any sort of Unix client, and I would be very surprised if it >>> ran under Wine. It does quite a bit of analysis on your PC data before >>> uploading it, presumably so that deduplication occurs before uploading. >>> >>> It runs in the background spontaneously and was quite easy to set up. >>> >>> We were paying clients, and that may have been a problem, since we >>> signed up for a commercial account when the proper account was >>> non-profit. The price was pretty similar, so I don't know what the >>> reason for the distinction was. In any case, they insisted and >>> switched us to the different type of account after a month of good >>> service. The new account never functioned as a backup, but it did >>> complain every few minutes that we were behind on our backups. I spent >>> quite a bit of time trying to make it work, and then trying to remove >>> it but failed at both, Eventually I complained to the right person and >>> they turned it off remotely, cancelled the service and refunded her >>> money. >>> >>> Daniel Feenberg >>> >>>> http://mozy.com/ >>>> >> Check out rsync.net >> >> It is not free, but if you are backing up only a couple of gig it cost >> something like $5/mo. >> >> Carbonite costs $50/yr for unlimited MS Windows backup. I do not know >> what constraints are in place to protect against people going wild on >> their storage system. >> >> rsync is not as simple as Carbonite to administer nor as elegant, but it >> is not too too bad. >> >> I think I watched Revision3 Techzilla compare the available online >> backup services last fall or there abouts (episodes 13 & 16 - I just >> googled). At least they talked about them. It looks like they did not >> discuss rsync. I must have settled on rsync for the from some other >> information. rsync has been around awhile. >> >> -- >> >> Alfred Wheeler >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@... > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Alfred Wheeler -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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Re: Mozy
by Jerry Feldman-2
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Sounds like a decent service.
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:57:47 -0400 Al Wheeler <alfred_j_wheeler@...> wrote: > rsync's basic dollar sixty a month does not seem like much, but it is > per gigabyte with a minimum of three gigabytes. In a way, the pro-rated > cost disciplines you to consider what you really need to keep on your > system or protect from loss. I set my account to six gig to start. I am > still in the process of determining if it is too much or too little.. > > > <QUOTE> > Account Details > > - Your account includes unlimited inbound and outbound data transfer > - IPV4 and IPV6 network connectivity > - Automate with SSH keys > - Remote SSH commands (md5, mv, cp, rm, svnserve, dd, etc.) supported > - Multiple logins and custom access/permissions > - Encrypted Filesystem Support > > <SNIP> > > Discounts exist for open source developers and educators/students > </QUOTE> > > > http://www.rsync.net/products/index.html > > > > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > Mozy is free if you are backing up <= 2GB. If you backup more it costs > > $4.95/Mo. (non-commercial) > > > > On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:44:34 -0400 > > Al Wheeler <alfred_j_wheeler@...> wrote: > > > > > >> Daniel Feenberg wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Mozy is a free (up to 2GB) online backup system, owned by EMC. They > >>>> have both Windows and Mac clients. I was wondering if anyone on this > >>>> list has used or investigated Mozy, and if so, have you been able to > >>>> backup from Linux. > >>>> > >>> I installed this on a friends Windows laptop. It does not appear to > >>> support any sort of Unix client, and I would be very surprised if it > >>> ran under Wine. It does quite a bit of analysis on your PC data before > >>> uploading it, presumably so that deduplication occurs before uploading. > >>> > >>> It runs in the background spontaneously and was quite easy to set up. > >>> > >>> We were paying clients, and that may have been a problem, since we > >>> signed up for a commercial account when the proper account was > >>> non-profit. The price was pretty similar, so I don't know what the > >>> reason for the distinction was. In any case, they insisted and > >>> switched us to the different type of account after a month of good > >>> service. The new account never functioned as a backup, but it did > >>> complain every few minutes that we were behind on our backups. I spent > >>> quite a bit of time trying to make it work, and then trying to remove > >>> it but failed at both, Eventually I complained to the right person and > >>> they turned it off remotely, cancelled the service and refunded her > >>> money. > >>> > >>> Daniel Feenberg > >>> > >>>> http://mozy.com/ > >>>> > >> Check out rsync.net > >> > >> It is not free, but if you are backing up only a couple of gig it cost > >> something like $5/mo. > >> > >> Carbonite costs $50/yr for unlimited MS Windows backup. I do not know > >> what constraints are in place to protect against people going wild on > >> their storage system. > >> > >> rsync is not as simple as Carbonite to administer nor as elegant, but it > >> is not too too bad. > >> > >> I think I watched Revision3 Techzilla compare the available online > >> backup services last fall or there abouts (episodes 13 & 16 - I just > >> googled). At least they talked about them. It looks like they did not > >> discuss rsync. I must have settled on rsync for the from some other > >> information. rsync has been around awhile. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Alfred Wheeler > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> believed to be clean. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@... > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > > Alfred Wheeler > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@...> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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Re: Mozy
by Brendan-24
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On Friday 04 July 2008, Al Wheeler wrote:
> rsync's basic dollar sixty a month does not seem like much, but it is > per gigabyte with a minimum of three gigabytes. In a way, the pro-rated > cost disciplines you to consider what you really need to keep on your > system or protect from loss. I set my account to six gig to start. I am > still in the process of determining if it is too much or too little.. Agreement on the awesomeness of rsync.net. Really great customer support as well. Engineers write back. B -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@... http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss |
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