[brlug-general] Question on online backups

[Mark A. Lappin]

I use Carbonite @ home and don't have any problems (although I've never had to do a complete restore).   My father's computer uses Dell's backup system and again, no problems, simple but have not had to test restore *knock on wood*.

My brother's company uses Mozi online backup and loves it, has restored computers completely twice without trouble (other than the amount of time it takes).  They don't have servers just workstations, no domain, no AD, a lot of their business is "in the cloud" at this point.

Lee Michaels is using NTG/Venyu's system without trouble for _some_ of our backups.  I've not had to do a complete restore and am not configured for bare-metal restores but the individual file restores I've had to do have been painless (other than I mistyped my encryption key which caused a brief moment of panic).

I've looked at Barracuda's backup model but am not completely convinced it would provide any benefit over what I use now (a combination of tape and online).  With Barracuda you have to buy a box which you put at the site, back up to it and then it backs up to 2 places for you.  I could not get some of my technical questions answered however and decided not to pursue it.  A smaller company might be OK but their entry level devices are to small and the "big" ones were to big.


Mark @ LMFJ




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From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Scott French
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:24 PM
To: general at brlug.net
Subject: [brlug-general] Question on online backups

I haven't posted before, but been on the list for a while.

We have had several customers asking about online backups. I haven't ever used any and just wanted some ideas. Would need Linux, Windows, and Mac clients.

Any input would be welcome.

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Scott French
Vice President

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