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Mozy Review

Tested: March/3/2010

Website:	www.mozy.com
Major Features:	Free Trial
	2 GB Storage Absolutely Free
	Easy to Set Up
	Unlimited Storage for Paid Members
	Automatic Backup
	Tracks Changes in Background
	Pro-Version for Business Users (MozyPro)
	Low Monthly Price
	Mac Support
	Very Positive User Comments
Rating:

Review

The online backup service Mozy has found a lot of new fans lately. Maybe because of the PC Magazine Editors Choice Award or the 2009 CNET Webware 100 Award, that honors the people's choice* in the best services available today.

But most likely because it's simply an excellent "product". Unlike Carbonite, Mozy offers an unlimited free trial with 2GB of storage space completely for free. And for only $4.95 a month (you don't have to subscribe for a year plan) you get unlimited backup space compared with what other personal online backup services charge these days, this price is simply ridiculous. There is no setup fee, no expiration and no credit card request.

Mozy attaches great importance to security: a 128-bit encryption during data transfers, a 448-bit Blowfish encryption on the servers and your own private symmetric encryption key secure your private files.

The setup is surprisingly easy: you download the software client and the setup wizard takes you through the installation. After the configuration, you decide between automatic or scheduled backups. From there Mozy runs in the background and backups the smallest changes - with no noticeable performance loss.

You can access your backup files from any computer, but unfortunately there is a limited number of restores per month (~ 5). Unlike Carbonite, Mozy doesn't offer the right-click menu option to choose a specific file for immediate backup.

Bottom line: Mozy is spoiled by success and deservedly so. You won't find another backup service that will give you 2 GB long term storage for free. The software worked in our test without any problem, the features are great and the price is outstanding. So if you're looking for an easy to use and affordable online backup tool and don't plan to restore you files more than 5 times a month, you simply can't go wrong with Mozy.

P.S. Mozy also offers Mac Support

P.P.S. In contrast to Carbonite Mozy offers a Pro-Version (MozyPro) for Business Users (you need one desktop license for each computer = $3.95 + $0.50/GB per month and one server license for each server you are backing up = $6.95 + $0.50/GB per month).

*: For user comments please scroll down to the bottom of the page.

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Pros and Cons:

The Pros:

- Free Trial for an Unlimited Period of Time
- 2 GB Storage Absolutely Free (No setup fee, No credit card, No expiration)
- Easy to Set Up
- Unlimited Storage for Paid Members
- Automatic Backup
- Tracks Changes in Background
- Pro-Version for Business Users (MozyPro)
- Low Monthly Price
- Mac Support
- Very Positive User Comments
- PC Magazine Editors Choice Award
- 2009 CNET Webware 100 Winner

The Cons:

- Limited number of restores per month
- Limited file versioning

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How Mozy Works:

1. Sign up for an account.
Create a MozyHome user account which will allow you to download MozyHome software. Its quick, easy and our step-by-step instructions will guide you through the process.

2. Download and install software.
MozyHome downloads in just seconds, and the installation is simple and fast.

3. Select files to be backed up.
Simply check the boxes next to the backup sets, or types of files you want to back up, and MozyHome does the rest. In addition to selecting files by backup sets, you also have the option of selecting specific files and directories.

Open/locked file support: Mozy will back up your documents whether they're open or closed.
128-bit SSL encryption: The same technology used by banks secures your data during the backup process.
448-bit Blowfish encryption: Secures your files while in storage, providing peace of mind that your private data is safe from hackers.
Automatic: Schedule the times to back up and MozyHome does the rest.
New and changed file detection: MozyHome finds and saves the smallest changes.
Backs up Outlook files: Disaster-proof email protection.
Block-level incremental backup: After the initial backup, MozyHome only backs up files that have been added or changed, making subsequent backups lightning fast.

Mozy News:

May 20th, 2009

CNET named Mozy the 2009 CNET Webware 100 winner in the Infrastructure & Storage category. The Webware 100 Award honors the people? choice in the best sites and services available today.

"Without reservation, Mozy is my pick as the best online backup service."

Tim Fisher, About.com

"I've actually been using Mozy for several years with great success. I recommend it highly and often."

Jon L. Jacobi, PC World

"I use the online-backup service Mozy to archive my critical documents and Outlook PST files."

Rick Broida and Robert Vamosi, PC World

"Mozy offers reasonably priced unlimited online backup that's highly configurable..."

PC Magazine Editors Choice Award

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User Comments:

by Sue Vetter Wemett - Rating:

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Staples charged me $80 to backup my files when they replaced my hard drive. They backed nothing up! I found it all and was able to replace it from my FREE Mozy backups. Income tax return, financial records, resumes. Thank you SOOO much Mozy!

by Spencer - Rating:

I just lost a disk in my PC and was able to restore over 56GB of data which included 8 years of pictures and all our music, personal and other data. Thanks, Mozy. You guys provide an incredible service.

by James E. Lee - Rating:

I submitted a support request yesterday (Friday) evening and got a really well-written response *that solved my problem* from Jayanth the same evening. Now *that's* good support! I wasn't expecting support over the weekend; nice surprise! I'm very glad to see that Mozy isn't skimping on customer support, as many companies seem to do. In this case, it was excellent; I couldn't have been happier with this experience! This makes me even happier and more confident to recommend the service to others.

by Sachin Premkumar - Rating:

mozy rocksxx

by Lee Osborne - Rating:

This truly is a good product. 5 Stars

Lee Osborne

by puppydog56 - Rating:

So Far So Good

Pros: Runs fine and does what it is suppose to do.

Cons: None at the moment, have only had a one week so I have nothing to complain about yet.

Summary: It works well.

by lanceb - Rating:

Back up has never been so easy

Pros: It don't get any easier to back up all your important files and its free.

Cons: None,this is just too easy.

by Steven Andres - Rating:

Another vote for Mozy. I use Mozy at home on my Mac Mini and my MacBook and use MozyPro at the office on my XP machine and on my Vista machine. Never failed me once. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

by Wes - Rating:

MozyPro the best. I've tested all the different online backup solutions and at the time Mozy was a new company and their client was in beta however I stuck with them and glad I did. I am now a reseller and have 10 businesses and all of them love it. Go and check them out. I get e-mail alerts every time a business doesn? upload so their service is great.

by Heather - Rating:

Just FYI - I use mozy and have never had a problem - I actually needed a restore once and I got it within 3 hours from when I requested it. It also backs up my external hard drives if they are connected at the time of back up.

by Ted Jardine - Rating:

Haven't read through all of the posts above, but I have had absolutely no problems with Mozy and Vista (32-bit Ultimate) and I've been using it for five months now.

Great product.

by Michael Johnston - Rating:

I recommend Mozy @ $5 a month. I'vee been running it for 6 months and I almost forget it's there, but it's cheap insurance.

by todd - Rating:

I've been using Mozy for a few years now and love it. Backups aside, it is so nice to be in an office, realize I needed the source code I worked on a while back, go up to mozy's site, and bring down the entire project folder.

by Jleme - Rating:

I am a new Mozy customer and I am pretty happy with it.

by Tasty - Rating:

Outstanding free online backup service with enterprise-class features. Not an online storage service, but a complete backup solution?oth the application and service are very impressive.

by Julina1106 - Rating:

I've been using Mozy for about 10 days. I started with some experiments using the free 2GB version and within days upgraded to the fee-based 5GB version. The verdict? It just works. It does what it claims to do in the background with no fuss and no drama. I emailed Berkeley Data Systems support with one question and got a reply within 24 hours and that was on a weekend so I'm impressed with that. I've also signed my Dad up via the referral scheme and his experience is the same as mine ... it just works.

Oddly enough for something that should be boring (a backup solution that runs in the background), I'm pretty excited about this solution. I have it set up to initiate a backup pretty much as soon as I step away from the keyboard (I have it on 10 minute idle-time threshold) so, subject to it never running a backup within 2 hours of the last one, I only have a 2 hour window of vulnerability for any little change I make to files in My Documents. (I do run other full overnight backups so I think of Mozy as a safety net rather than my only backup.)

Finally, the initial backup can be lengthy (mine ran for about 36 hours with interuptions) but is very unobtrusive while running. I didn't notice it at all while web surfing, doing email and some OpenOffice stuff and I even held an hour long conference call via my VOIP phone while Mozy was doing the initial backup (I forgot Mozy was running when I scheduled the call) and the voice quality was unaffected, it was perfect throughout the call!

by Tazzman - Rating:

I am using this for my store. (NON ESS FILES ONLY) I have been now for 2 months, I have to tell you, I am VERY impressed. Backup/Restore is easy. Being BETA I expected a few problems, so far just will not run as schedualed. I have to do the manual backup. I would like to see a ?yncronise feature to show what needs to be backed up. If the BETA is what the final product will be, ie:2 gig free, then we FINALY have a NO EXCUSE system for data backup. After the BETA if final, I plan on buying more drive space. I like the idea of having an offsite data backup

by Cbrumer - Rating:

I've used this Remote Backup one 3 computers for several months now and I love it! With 2G of free space and as much as 20G for a small annual fee, this is an awesome and effortless addition to my disaster and recovery solution. I installed the software, configured the interface to backup the files and directories of my choice and forgot about it. I recommend this to anyone looking for a remote backup solution.

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