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#434138 2-Feb-2011 10:22

Carbonite is ok, but it won't backup anything bigger than 2GB, and automatically filters out all .exe files - you have to manually include them...

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#434142 2-Feb-2011 10:29

The site says:

Unlimited online backup.
Carbonite gives you unlimited backup space for the irreplaceable files on your computer’s internal hard drive. Your pictures, document files, email, settings and music will be backed up automatically. You can manually back up videos, executable files, and files larger than 4GB.

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#434146 2-Feb-2011 10:44

Ok, so they increased the limit to 4GB, it wasn't before. Still automatically filter out the executables?

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#434164 2-Feb-2011 11:16

I think you can now upload files great than 4gb. Looks like it filters out executables by default but you can manually upload them. You could try a 30 day trial using the promotion code twit

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#434168 2-Feb-2011 11:20

Yes, you can manually upload .exe and .iso. The problem is MANUALLY setting those things. I have lots of .iso from MSDN, lots of .exe (all installers for latest versions of software I have here) and their system actually sucks. I used to use Carbonite before Mozy.

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#434180 2-Feb-2011 11:40

What about Backflip? They are local and offer unlimited backup for NZ$50/year.

I have 130GB backed up and counting... the biggest problem is backing up 130GB over dsl when you first start...

Also zero rated data for slingshot users.

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#434181 2-Feb-2011 11:41

Backflip = Slingshot crew.

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#434183 2-Feb-2011 11:43

Backflip = Slingshot = Problem?

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#434191 2-Feb-2011 11:49

Talkiet: I have 1.2TB with Backblaze. Still $5/month unlimited and they offered a coupon "byemozy" for a discount when you join.

would they also suck your data over from Mozy? Imagine starting a 1.2TB backup from scratch over *cough* ADSL *cough*. Whats that, half a year to upload?

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#434194 2-Feb-2011 11:53

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Talkiet: I have 1.2TB with Backblaze. Still $5/month unlimited and they offered a coupon "byemozy" for a discount when you join.

would they also suck your data over from Mozy? Imagine starting a 1.2TB backup from scratch over *cough* ADSL *cough*. Whats that, half a year to upload?

It did take a while, but I have 2 adsl connections and one of them was a Telecom Bigtime connection with a great UL speed... I was getting about 250GB/month uploaded...

Cheers - N

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#434234 2-Feb-2011 12:40

hmm Backflip sounds tempting

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#434289 2-Feb-2011 14:38

Is there any online back up service that backs up the entire OS as well?

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#434316 2-Feb-2011 15:38

billgates: Is there any online back up service that backs up the entire OS as well?

I'm not aware of any mainstream ones that do... Main reason would be that doing a restore would be problematic...

Restoring data is easy, restoring a bootable OS to potentially new hardware is hard.

I have other methods for the boot drive - I have a scheduled Trueimage backup occur weekly to a second PC here and that image gets rotated offsite vis my HDD backup schedule.

But I'm happy to have all my data stored at Backblaze (as well as 3 backup sets of HDDs here :-)

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#434533 2-Feb-2011 22:14

+1 for Backblaze
http://www.backblaze.com
http://www.backblaze.com/remote-backup-everything.html

Configurable setting for max file fize to include, up to 9GB.

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#434549 2-Feb-2011 22:51

Shame it's interface doesn't have an advanced mode, I dont wanna have to go thru and exclude all my folders, there are only 5 I want to backup!

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