[ale] Mozy is changing the pricing model.

[Ron Frazier]

Hi Scott,

That's certainly a valid concern, but I'm not sure what you want Mom to 
do with it.  You pretty much set it up for her, arrange for the monthly 
bill to be paid, and ignore it.  The only real exceptions would be if 
you need to recover data, or tweak it for new applications you've 
added.  If you use the strategy I do, which is back up everything I 
don't exclude, as long as she puts here data in a predictable location 
or subfolder of something like /home, you don't have to do anything to 
the system.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 02/02/2011 02:18 PM, scott wrote:
> I have looked at Jungledisk in the past. (been about a year).  Problem
> is it doesnt meet the "mom friendly" requirement I have.  But thank
> you for pointing it out.  I will add it to part 2.
>
> Scott
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Ron Frazier
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  wrote:
>    
>> You REALLY need to check out Jungledisk ( http://jungledisk.com ), which
>> uses S3. I've been using it for over 1 year. Very slick. Easy to use if
>> you do the basics, but very configurable. On any software like this, I'd
>> go through all the config options anyway and verify it's what you want.
>> Works in Windows and Linux. Not sure about Mac. Once you set it, you can
>> mostly forget it. Storage is about $0.15 / Mo. / GB. I back up 4
>> computers using the philosophy, back up everything, and every new thing,
>> unless it's excluded. That's on Windows. I exclude system files, etc. On
>> Linux, I think I'm just backing up my home directory, but that would
>> include all sub folders. I may have to reconsider anything that's not
>> getting backed up. Anyway, I've got a lot of data there. I pay about $
>> 15 / mo. You do pay for data transfer, so, the first time everything
>> uploads, there is a spike in the bill. But not too much thereafter. If
>> you get the right plan, it will only upload the changed parts of files.
>> So, on an ongoing basis, there's not too much to upload. If you or
>> anyone needs help configuring this application, I'd be glad to help.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On 02/02/2011 09:12 AM, scott wrote:
>>      
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I have spoken very loudly (which is not unusual) for Mozy
>>> (http://mozy.com) as a backup software/service.  Monday this week they
>>> changed their pricing.  My bill is going up over 1000% due to the new
>>> pricing.  Which I cant afford.  So I took the time to break down the
>>> different options and did a quick bake off.  I have written a blog
>>> posting about it (http://t.co/VvftR0Q).
>>>
>>> Please feel free to ask me about my research and why I picked what I
>>> did.  Also pass this along to friends/family/coworkers/etc.  Share the
>>> knowledge!
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Scott the storage guy.
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