Let’s get one thing straight first about online backup
services that are different from online-syncing services such as Dropbox,
Google Drive, or Box. Online backup services have the ability to continually
back up every personal file on a computer to a safe offsite data center. Syncing
services handle only items in designated folders with the aim of distributing
copies of those items to other computers and mobile devices.
Online-syncing services have relatively low upper limits on
capacity, unless you pay a premium. In contrast, online-backup services offer
unlimited storage, letting you back up all the personal files on any number of computers
in your business, company, or at home for just one flat, relatively low fee.
So what gets backed up, and what doesn’t?
Online backup services makes copies only from user folders
and other files designated as personal or “user-generated.” They don’t
backup operating systems or application software. If you’re using online-backup
services, be sure to have software installation disks and license keys backed
up or stored somewhere else in case the PC’s suddenly getting hopelessly
corrupted or when the hard drive dies.
Here are some examples of affordable backup services.
CrashPlan
It has ease of file
restoration and is fast and easy to handle either from the
CrashPlan application or website. It only needs minimal resource usage and has unlimited
storage for only $6 per month, or $60 per year. CrashPlan is the best choice of
most reviews and ratings from PC magazine and Time magazine. It provides
unlimited online storage, and aside from its already affordable price, there is
also a Family Plan that allows users to
back up as many as 10 computers for $14 per month, or $150 per year, a
little more than double the individual-license price. The local-drive backup
software is free.
Backblaze
This offers storage for an unlimited amount of files, no matter what
the size, and at whatever speed you want to upload or download them. This
easy-to-use backup service is great for those set-up-and-forget individuals. For
those who find downloading files cumbersome, your data can even be shipped to
you on a flash drive or USB hard drive. Encrypting your files and requiring
two-factor authentication, the service can keep both Mac and Windows-based
customers secure. Backblaze costs only $5
per month, with discounted rates for users who pay in advance for a year or
two of service.
iDrive
This service offers one terabyte of online storage for $69-per-year. iDrive is a
feature-packed backup option for any PC or device using Mac, Windows, and Android.
With the ability to save data from an
unlimited amount of machines online, the service performs real-time backups
and file syncing as well. This means files and even parts of files are
refreshed across devices. A mobile-friendly backup solution, you can access
files backed up on your PCs from your iOS and Android devices. iDrive also has
a Smart Docs feature that recognizes details of documents after users take a
photo and uploads them online.
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