Great backup solution - Carbonite

I have finally found a backup solution that works for me. Its called Carbonite. http://www.carbonite.com/. Its completely online. It costs $50 per year but I think the service is well worth it, because it has unlimited storage and once its setup you can pretty much forget it. There is a small app you need to install on your PC to use the service.

No more DVDs, or backing up to a hard drive that might fail!

One drawback is it takes a while to create your initial backup. It is creating my backup at the rate of about 1 GB/day. I am backing up about 30 GB data so it will take one month. It works in the background and is limited by the uplink speed of your internet connection. I have a pretty slow DSL connection so I bet it would be a lot faster for most DSL users and certainly for anyone on a cable.

Here is info on the speed of my DSL connection:
Download Speed: 455 kbps (56.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 92 kbps (11.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

But the time it takes for the initial backup isnt too big a deal though becuase once its created any additional changes you make to the folders you are backing up are automatically saved pretty quickly.

Everything works in the background. And the uploading only occurs when your PC is idle so you shouldn't see any performance hit to your internet connection.

I think this service is great!