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Carbonite - Online data backup software

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1	947	Fri February 22, 2008

Recommended By	Average Price	Average Rating
100% of reviewers	$50.00	9.0

Description:

* Completely automatic — you’ll never lift a finger
* Only $49.95/year no matter how much you need to back up
* Secure and encrypted for your privacy
* Retrieve lost files easily, on-demand over the internet

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Simple

Carbonite’s online backup service works quietly and continuously in the background protecting your files. If something goes wrong or you delete a file by accident, we’ve still got a copy. Restoring files securely over the Internet takes just a few clicks.
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Automatic

Carbonite is always checking for new data to backup on your PC. The moment you add or modify files, Carbonite swings into action to back up your data. Whenever your PC is connected to the Internet Carbonite works in the background to keep your data safe.
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Secure

Your data is stored safely at our secure remote backup centers. No one but you can see your data, because your files are encrypted before they leave your computer, with the same encryption that banks use.
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Affordable

For $49.95 per year, Carbonite can backup everything on your PC. There’s nothing to learn, no hardware to buy, and no limit on backup storage.

http://www.carbonite.com/

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Registered: March 2001
Location: SoCal --- Still American Territory @ this time
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Review Date: Fri February 22, 2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $50.00 | Rating: 9

Pros:	easy to install, Easy to backup and use recovery
Cons:	Backup uploads limited to ISP speed

I needed some quick backup one afternoon so I thought I'd try the demo software Carbonite. It worked good so I swallered the $50 price tag and paid for a year.

I'm using it mostly for backing up GL-2 video archives, about 500 megs worth a week. The software uploads any files or folders you select when you're online. No performance problems with a Dell Latitude D810 laptop noticed yet, I'm sure most of the work gets done when I got to bed and let it do it's uploading. I'm on a fairly fast cable ISP and it takes a day or two to back up a 60 meg project with me on the computer most of the day, probably would be faster for someone who isn't on their computer a lot.

I then tested the restore feature to see how long it took to restore the video files and any issues with the archived video files. No problems so far using Adobe Premier.

So far so good, no dragging around external hard drives but there is the usual risk of them going out of business or having someone hack your account and gain access to your files. I'm still not comfortable enough to hang anything but video files on their server. There do have encryption but who knows.

$4.00 a month for unlimited backup that I can access anywhere. Heck yeah. Sign me up.

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