Don’t Just Expect to Be Lucky: Backup Your Valuable Data With Carbonite
I’m one of the lucky ones. I haven’t suffered major data loss, and hope never to, being that I have all important data backed up on an X drive. I have been hit by aggressive viruses a couple of times, however, which froze up my computer. In those cases, I was able to simply restore my computer and start from scratch — as much of a pain in the butt that is — without losing much but time.
But there are many unlucky ones out there who’ve suffered unfortunate crashes and data loss I shudder to think on. Luckily, there’s a relatively new company out there called Carbonite (for those of you who haven’t yet heard of it) that stores data through online interface to the tune of mere pennies a day and 15 Petrabytes total company storage space.
Once Carbonite data backup is set up on your computer, it requires little ongoing work on behalf of the user. It reads and stores your data as long as you’re on the internet, and users can also log on to the Carbonite site and access their files.
Also, there are no limits on backup storage capacity. Carbonite will back up all the supported files on your internal hard drive whether you have 1GB, 10GB or more. However, users should be aware that the speed of today’s DSL cable internet services will make it very slow to back up more than, say, a few dozen GB of data.
The Carbonite client is then always looking for new data on your PC. When you add or modify files, Carbonite starts backing them up immediately. It backs up about 2GB per day over broadband. Carbonite’s backup solution works by placing colored dots on your files and folders. Different colors represent different “file states”: 1) If the file has been backed up, 2) will be backed up or 3) will not be backed up.
So, why be a victim, when you can take advantage of Carbonite’s affordable data backup services?
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