Mozy Backup: Comprehensive MozyHome Remote Online Backup Review

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Are you thinking about backing up your home office or business office?

When  you think about it, whether at home or in your office we amass a tremendous amount of information in the form of worksheets, videos, music, projects, pictures, forms, contracts, and list goes on.

Mozy states:

“all the important information in your life is now stored on a computer. Whether it’s photos and music or business documents and financial records, everything is digital. With Mozy, you can be sure your digital life will always be there when you need it.”

Mozy is the world’s most trusted online backup service for consumers and small businesses with more than 1 million customers and 50,000 business customers backing up 25+ petabytes of information to multiple data centers around the globe.

MozyHome supports Windows 7, 2000, XP, and Vista (32 & 64 bit), as well as Mac OS X 10.6, 10.5, & 10.4.

When deciding on an online, remote, or managed backup service  to backup your computer for your home office or small business, the next step is to decide which service offers the features that you need or require.

Below you will find the most general features needed for a small business or your home office.

• Online access to files – The ability to access files protected by the backup service at anytime, from any PC or internet connection.

• Storage - This is the storage length. Some services limit the storage length to 30 days.  This means that you only have 30 days to recover data that was backed up online.

• Fully automatic – Set it and forget it.

• Data compression – Data will typically be compressed with a lossless compression algorithm to minimize the amount of bandwidth used.

• Transfer encryption – Encryption to prevent interception of data. This does not mean that the data will necessarily be encrypted during storage.

• Continuous backup – Continuous Data Protection CDP – Allows the service to back up continuously or on a predefined schedule.
• Bandwidth usage – User-selectable option to use more or less bandwidth; it may be possible to set this to change at various times of day.

• Privacy

Now that you know the most basic features, I am confident that MozyHome gives you these features and more.

If you are security conscience then MozyHome offers encryption. Your data is encrypted locally with military-grade encryption prior to transfer via a 128-bit SSL connection. You can then choose a managed encryption key or choose a personal key for added security.

The data center which is ISO certified, employs the highest security standards.  Mozy employs a near-continuous data protection which means Mozy automatically detects and backs up new and changed files.

If you want ease of use, then MozyHome stands at the head of the crowd. You determine if you want automatic or scheduled backups.  You determine the frequency of your backups.  MozyHome will (after the initial backup)  only back up new or changed portions of files. This saves bandwidth and ensures future backups are lightning fast.

You decide how much of your bandwidth you want to dedicate to your backups so other higher priority services can run unimpeded.  Mozy backs up all open and locked files, including Outlook PST files. When it’s time to restore your files. You can restore file versions up to 30 days in the past.

MozyHome offers you multiple restore options as well.  You can restore data via the Mozy software client, through the web, or by ordering a DVD restore. Windows users can also restore data via right-click or through the Mozy Virtual Drive.

In the event of disaster or data loss, you can use MozyHome to easily restore your backup to another computer. You can also migrate your backup from one computer to another, as well as transfer files from an old computer to a new computer.

If you are price / cost conscience, MozyHome is at the head of the class.

MozyHome Free – Get 2 GB of 100% free online backup for your photos, music, and other files. No setup fee, no credit cards, no monthly payments or fees, and no hassle.

Mozy Online Backup: 2GB
Free. Automatic. Secure.

MozyHome Unlimited – If 2 GB just won’t cut it, insure ALL your files with MozyHome. The price stays the same even as your files grow! It’s one low price of $4.95 for unlimited backup.  With MozyHome Unlimited, you can back up your entire computer—plain and simple.

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It is important to mention that MozyHome is owned by a Fortune 500 company and your data will be protected  for the long haul.

Overall Mozy is easy to install and easy to use.  Help is available in the form of “online how-tos” and downloadable PDFs (Quickstart Guide, and MozyHome Client Guide). You can view / download these guides at the Mozy website. Also available is online chat, FAQs, and blog updates.

Probably the best feature about Mozy is that it has been reviewed and recommended by all the major players in the industry.  See the Mozy News here!

The bottom line is that this product does everything it promises — and a whole lot more!  I give “MozyHome” a 10 out of 10 rating — my absolute highest recommendation!