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A Review of the Mozy Backup Solution

In this review of the Mozy online backup solution, a walkthrough will be done to show how easy it is to use an Internet backup solution to backup and restore your important megabytes of files. On the Mozy web site, there are a few choices of backup solutions. There is the free solution, the unlimited backup solution and the MozyPro application for business. For the sake of this review of Mozy, the Free online backup solution will be used.

Mozy introduces Stash that allows you to back up and sync your important file to multiple computers. The new Mozy also has speeded up the online backup process and touts a new easy to use interface. 

The first thing you will need to do is go to the Mozy website and decide which solution is right for you and click on the Get Started button. This one is for the unlimited backup plan.

This screenshot is for the Free plan, the one used for this tutorial.

The first screen you will see is an easy sign up form. They don't ask for too much information.

The next screen shows their soul-sucking survey where they still do not ask for too much information.

Then you will get a welcome screen that says it that Mozy needs to verify your email address. Mozy verifies your email address by sending you a link to the Mozy online backup application file that you will need to download.

Sure enough the email was in my 1and1 Inbox in seconds.

Once I opened the email and clicked the link. The Mozy account is created. You will notice that you can use Mozy for Windows or Macs.

I downloaded the file for Windows.The file is less than seven Megabytes so the download was quick. I ran the Mozy install program which was uneventful and ended up at the following screen. Of course, I wanted to launch Mozy so I smacked the finish button.

The MozyHome remote backup configuration wizard then asked me to log in with the email and password I created when I signed up for the online backup solution.

Mozy will always encrypt your data with 448-bit Blowfish encryption with 128-bit SSL support to keep your data safe during transport. Nevertheless, if you want to use your own encryption method, Mozy will allow you to do so.

The MozyHome backup application then checks for what it thinks are important files and lets you decide whether or not to use the backup scenario that it recommends. Looks good to me so I clicked Next.

Mozy Remote backup then does a quick bandwidth test and lets you make adjustments if you need to.

Once you click next the online backup process begins.

Then the backup finishes.

Take a look at some of the different configurations. The Mozy backup program lets you create a custom schedule to backup your files automatically when it is convenient for you.

Looks like the online backup went well. Now I need to see if the restoration process goes as smooth. It is important to test a backup solution to see if it works good before a disaster strikes and you lose your data.

I have a folder in the My Documents directory called"wab". It is the folder that the What's A Byte web site is stored in.

I deleted the entire folder.

I hope that the restore works. I selected the wab directory and smacked the Restore Files button.

Here you can see the progress of the restore.

The restore went smoothly. Mozy restored the entire directory in its entirety.

The Mozy online backup program did everything that it claimed that it would do. I found absolutely no surprises and it restored my valuable data. On a scale of Bytes to Brontobytes, Mozy online backup gets an honorable Brontobyte. The Mozy online backup service is a highly recommended online backup solution.

Mozy announced that it is moving from its MozyHome Unlimited offering to plans of 50 GB and 125 Gigabytes.

With the updated price plans, you can choose the service level consistent with your needs and subscribe on a monthly, annual, or biennial renewal schedule. Annual and biennial plans are discounted, with annual plans including a one-month-free discount, and biannial plans including a three-months-free discount. The new monthly pricing is summarized below.

2GB Totally Free Online Backup! Compliments of Mozy