A Restore Tale

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that while backup strategies are important, restore strategies are what really matter. If you aren’t able to restore a database when a disaster has occurred and money’s on the line, you may find yourself very quickly updating your resume and leaving town. Practicing restores will not only [...]

Another Case for Offsite Backups

If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I’ve written quite a few posts about the wonders of cloud backups and why you should be doing them to protect your precious data and memories. This doesn’t just apply to personal computer use – businesses should be taking advantage of offsite backups as well. [...]

New Pricing for Mozy

A while back I did a few posts covering my favorite cloud backup solutions, and one of my favorites was Mozy. That very well may change now that Mozy has announced they are changing their pricing structure. They claim that “the backup market has changed” since 2006 due to people taking more photos [...]

Review: Picasa Web Albums

This is the fourth post in my series on cloud backup solutions.  Previous posts were:

Disaster Recovery Strategies for the Home
A review of MozyHome Remote Backup
A review of Jungle Disk

Today’s topic is Google’s Picasa Web Albums, henceforth known as PWA.  Unlike the other solutions I’ve covered, PWA is not explicitly intended to be a backup solution. [...]

Review: Jungle Disk

This is the third post in my series on cloud backup solutions.  Previous posts were:

Disaster Recovery Strategies for the Home
A review of MozyHome Remote Backup

Today I’ll be talking about another cloud backup application called Jungle Disk.  I’ve been experimenting with it for a few months and am generally very happy with it.  Much like Mozy, [...]