By George Harding
Here’s a backup solution you’ll love! You are familiar with the “cloud,” right? Well, this is quite similar.
With Backblaze, your files are automatically saved on a server and you can restore them anytime you want.
How does it work, you ask? You download a small program that installs with 3 clicks and doesn’t require any information or even a credit card. The program searches out all your documents, pictures and music. Then they are compressed and encrypted. When your computer isn’t being used, they are uploaded.
The program has been constructed so as to minimize the impact on your operations. The company says that the average impact is less than 1% on CPU and memory.
Note that you don’t have to specify which folders or files are to be backed up. The program does all that for you automatically. Further, as files are changed and new files created, these are saved, too.
So this is about as simple as you can get!
The initial upload takes a while. In my case, I had about 9,500 files with a size of 10.7 GB. It took just over 5 hours to compress, encrypt and upload all these files.
Backblaze backs up all files but those for your operating system, applications and temporary files. Note that Backblaze is not a storage system; if you delete a file on your computer, it will be removed on Backblaze after 30 days.
The restore function only requires you to sign in, then you can restore a file, a folder or all your files. You can do this from any web browser to any computer. Not only that, Backblaze saves up to 4 versions of a file, so you can restore an older version if you need to.
One last feature may be very important to you. Backblaze can find your computer if it is stolen. When you access your account, there is a “Find my computer” feature. I locates your computer and shows a map with the location. The IP address is shown, which may help police to track down the thief.
Backblaze
Price $5 per month
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