Carbonite, a data storage and backup company, will, for mere pennies a day, protect your important files. All of them. To the tune of 15 petabytes of total data storage capacity.
Carbonite claims that “statistically, you have about a 1 in 12 chance of having your hard drive crash in any given year, about a 1 in 10 chance of having your laptop stolen, and about a 1 in 3 chance of serious data loss through your own errors.” Regularly backing up your hard drive is a no-brainer, but something too many simply don’t do. Carbonite provides an easy solution – provided you’re connected to the internet.
That’s right – as long as you’re connected to the internet, Carbonite will continuously back your data up, as you add or modify files. Data backup will run slower when you are using your computer, and speed up when it’s idle. You can download your files at up to 15GB per day over broadband.
The Carbonite client program always looks for new data on your PC. While you’re adding or modifying files, Carbonite starts backing them up immediately. It backs up around 2GB per day over broadband. Carbonite’s backup solution works by placing colored dots on your files and folders. Different colors represent different “file states”: 1) If the file has been backed up, 2) will be backed up or 3) will not be backed up.
By default, Carbonite backs up everything in your Documents and Settings folder (called Users in Windows Vista), including documents, photos, email and data files from applications, such as Quicken, Money, etc. Once a subscription is purchased, music is also added to the list. The default backup does not include programs, system files, temporary files, videos, or individual files greater than 4GB. You can, however, manually add any of these to your Carbonite backup.
Don’t get caught without data protection. There are too many horror stories out there — don’t become one of them!
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