Mozying 3TB+
I’ve been using Mozy since I heard about the service a couple of years ago on a tech podcast (probably TWiT or the DSC).
It’s been awesome for backing up my important files on my iMac! When I got my MacBook Pro in May 2008 I just added another computer to the account and away I went; my important files on there are backed up too!
Let’s recap: 2 computers backing up to a remote location, daily. 2GBs of storage (shared between multiple computers) for free. Cool!
Justine was hired by Mozy in October 2008 to do some television and online commericals for them. This spread their reach in the social media community far and wide! I was aware that Mozy had a service you could pay for, but I wasn’t sure how much more storage space I’d get. I discovered that their MozyHome service states that it is “unlimited”.
Let me quickly tell you my experience of the term “unlimited”:
In Australia (my home), internet companies have plans called “Unlimited Extreme” or something similar. In the fine print this usually states that one’s bandwidth is capped at between 25GB ($90/mo) and 100GB (you’d be lucky to pay $200/mo). That’s just using ISPs as an example. The word unlimited is very tainted in Australia.
I asked @mozybackup (Mozy’s presense on Twitter) if I was able to backup over 2TBs (the amount of data I had at the time) of data to their service. They replied with: “@djsteen absolutely you can back up 2TB. unlimited means unlimited in Mozy land, my friend. one caveat – it’ll probably take a while.” I think I almost cried with joy when I read this!
Although, I didn’t sign up for the unlimited service right then. I tend to drag out paying for large purchases; making sure something new and cheaper doesn’t hit my radar.
This week (Feb 9th) I received an e-mail from Mozy stating I could receive 10% off Mozy annual and biannual services. (Find this discount on my coupons page.) That was my queue to sign up to MozyHome!
NB: I believe the discount is for new users only. I had to signup with a new account rather than upgrading my free one.
So far, I’ve uploaded about 11GBs of information. That’s all the important stuff. It is true: the data does mozy its way on up the first time you do it; changes and additions to data won’t take as long. I bet it’s going to take until I leave America (several months from now) to get the 3TB+ of data I currently have up to Mozy.
I feel safer now. I’ve lost two hard drives in my life and that won’t be happening again. 
Thanks Mozy! (That @reply still sends tingles through my body!)
Reference:
GB = gigabye (1,028 megabytes)
TB = terabyte (1,028 gigabytes)
