Goodsync FTW. I have tried many other back up software programs, and goodsync by far has the best flexibility of options. Yes I know, the name say SYNC, but it also backs up. I love it though and it never lets me down.
The key in backing up is redundancy - another words I have a backup internal drive, a backup external Esata drive and a backup network drive that all backup exact copies of my working drive ( raid array ). Never rely on just one backup HDD, especially if it is an internal drive.....one surge from your power supply failing could fry it all.
I use two three teribyte drives and good old DOS batch file using XCopy. Set up in windows to run once a day automatically. It has never failed and I have been using that method for twenty years.
For ofsite backup I switched from Mozy to CrashPlan 18 mos or so ago. Best move I made. Mozy was very slow and it also slowed down my machine when it was uploading. I am on a Mac and the software was very buggy. CrashPlan is very good, runs in the background and never slows my machine down. I found it very quick to upload. It took a month or s to backup 1.5Tb of data. Now it takes no more than a day or two to upload when I have downloaded several 8Gb CF cards to my computer. I also have my wife's computer backed up to CrashPlan. She has close to 700Gb now and I am up to 2Tb.
For local backups I use Time Machine, Goodsync and Aperture vault on a separate drive.
jzucker wrote:
my connection is good 12MBS. It's carbonite. They slow you down tremendously when you get beyond 200gb and I have 700gb to backup. A friend of mine had the same issue. Took him 2 months to backup 500gb
Took me a month for my initial backup. I believe it's Carbonite.
