Comments on: Mozy’s MozyHome and MozyPro Backup Solutions

By: Pat Siefe

Pat Siefe — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:43:13 +0000

I was disappointed with Mozypro for one main reason: It can take 24 hours on a weekend (weekdays would take longer) to simply GATHER the files that you need to download before you can even start to download them. (50k files) This makes it worthless for Dr.s lawyers, dentist, hotels,… or anyone who needs their data restored rapidly.

By: Simon Knight

Simon Knight — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:59:40 +0000

I’m in the inital stages of trialing Mozy. I’ve previously been using ClunkClick which i’ve been very happy with but my data strage needs have increased significantly and they’re quite expensive.

One thing I have noticed, i seem to be unable to backup a database file within a programme as I cannot locate it in the explorer. Is it me or is that not possible? If it’s not, I will not proceed with Mozy.

By: Bruce H

Bruce H — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:46:19 +0000

I think Mozy is great - the thing to remember is that I think it’s best used as a complimentary solution to your existing backup strategy. For example, backup nightly to an external hard drive / Time Machine etc. but also have the backups stream to Mozy just in case that something catastrophic happens where you can’t restore from a local source - eg. if your equipment gets stolen or your house burns down. I have thousands of priceless digital photos and the piece of mind that I get knowing that they are sitting somewhere offsite is well worth the $4.95 a month.

By: Dr.J

Dr.J — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:58:43 +0000

guys!
i think the mozy idea is great, BUT not for everyone and probably the Sw might have some bugs.
mozy as i see it would be more like a 2nd backup an additional option for some peace of mind. if it does a silent backup in the background fine, let’s call it the backup in the backpack..
but i think LAN, usb firewire or sata or …. -cable are still faster and more reliable then a dsl, cable or…or…-connection. especially in countries where broadband is as reliable as a floppy disk in a magnet factory. hmm if my backup relies on the broadband connection here then my data is doomed.
also i guess if u have smaller files like office stuff docu’s, its probably fine to backup with mozy.
but for my peace i rather additionaly backup my backup drive.
so mozy style backup is great for an extra backup but i dont think your files should depend alone on that… if backing up to an hdd is so bad , where do mozu back up the data from customers? or why not get ur own ftp server for backup? with that its only u thats using the connection possibly at max. speed and u can keep it anywhere… im thinking about NAS from nowadays. the home data u keep in the office the office u keep at home.. for the cheap charlys.. comodobackup is free and u can backup to http://ftp.
Dr.J

By: BlueRidgePro

BlueRidgePro — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:25:12 +0000

Count me as another dissatisfied PAYING customer. Backups never finish. I have been trying for a month go get my initial backup to complete. Sometimes the backup job runs for over 12 hours and …moves no files. Other days, it will move a few files and then die.

Most disappointing is Mozy’s failure to respond to repeated emails asking for help.

Doesn’t instill confidence as the custodian of my critical data backups….

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:23:42 +0000

I beg to differ big time on your review, I have a machine that needs to backup over 1 million files. the time it takes to set up once the Timer is started is over 4 hours, thats assuming it gets that far, then I get a message the Mozy Servers have a problem. I have gone over 2 weeks without a backup.

By: GTM

GTM — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:25:57 +0000

I’ve used MozyPro since May of 2007. Honestly, I have to echo the above, the concept is great, but their software has some real problems. My backups have failed with “0×80000003″ errors since day one, and perhaps more telling, it’s getting worse. Mozy’s response has been all over the board from denial, insisting that my ISP was breaking the connection, to saying It’s a known problem and I’ll be credited for the time between when I signed up and the problem is resolved.

For those of you slaving along with Mozy, try initiating your backups manually. I get close to a 90% success rate this way, otherwise I might get 1 backup a week if I’m luck.

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By: snowboy

snowboy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:30:40 +0000

After 4 months i have decided that Mozy isn’t working out for me. What i really want is to be able to use FTP to move my files back and forth. Mozy is way to slow and a big processor hog.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:54:41 +0000

I had high hopes for Mozy but am very disappointed in the newest beta version of the Mac software. It is extremely sluggish, buggy, and it severely hogs system resources (even my 4GB RAM Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook was going chug chug). After the ____th connection error in my fourth day of unsuccessful backups, I’ve decided to ditch Mozy. The service is heavenly in theory, just too bad the software is somewhat of a joke.