Freeware In Backup And Recovery

Mozy is a secure, automatic remote backup service for any PC in any home or office. Its simple to install and configure. No external hard drive, expensive subscription services, CD or DVDs to burn. All you need is a broadband connection and you are ready to go!

How It Works

1. Sign up for an account

Create a mozy user account which will allow you to download Mozy software and backup your data. The download should take less than 30 seconds. Next, install mozy on your computer.

2. Download and install software

Mozy downloads in just seconds, and the installation is simple and fast.

3. Select files to be backed up.

Next, simply click on the types of data you want Mozy to protect, and it does the rest. You can also dig into the details of your hard drive and get specific about files and directories you want Mozy to take care of.

What You Get

• 2GB of free, secure storage (Get more through our referral program!)
• Open File support
• Block-level differential backup
• 128-bit SSL Support (to secure your data during transport)
• 448-bit Blowfish Encryption (to secure your data on our server)
• Continuous or Scheduled Backup Options
• Support for multiple computers per account

(You can also upgrade to Mozy Premium, starting at just $19.95 per year for 5GB of secure storage!)

Alternatives to Mozy

• Burn a new CD or DVD every Sunday night and store them at your brother-in-laws office.
• Pay $200/year for an online backup service that uses old, mediocre software.
• Buy a $200 external hard drive and hope your office doesnt burn down.
• Do nothing and dont worry about backup. (We suggest closing your eyes, plugging your ears and repeating "Im in my happy place, Im in my happy place".)
• Run a cron job of rsync, gzip and mcrypt piped over ssh to your friends server over his DSL line.

Of course, we think Mozy is the best and easiest solution!

Main Features

• ZipSnap creates archives comprising a catalog (a text file) and a set of compressed volumes (regular Zip files). The compressed volumes are automatically named catalog_name.yyyyMMdd-HHmmss.n.zip, where yyyyMMdd-HHmmss is the time of the snapshot, and n is the volume number.
• For each snapshot, only new or modified files are added to the ZipSnap archive; the catalog is updated and an additional Zip file is created if necessary.
• ZipSnap requires only the catalog for identifying new or modified files when adding snapshots, i.e. the previous compressed volumes (Zip files) are not needed.
• By default, files are identified by their relative path name, size, and last-modified time (with an allowance of 1 second for matching). Additionally, the CRC-32 checksum can be used. The allowance (if any) for the last-modified time can also be specified.
• Files in the archive may be extracted by snapshot number or by volume number. Also, snapshots can be restored so that only non-existing files are extracted; files that exist but are not part of the snapshot can optionally be deleted.