Anybody use an online backup service for

[monza]

Back up a bit. The autoback ups don't write over the previous back ups for some period of time (months), so you can revert back to the non corrupted crappola... but then I don't really care I'm selling snowboards not saving the world.

I do dump photos and stuff (not porn, family photos) to another HD manually that is separate and not automatic.

[GregWeld]

Just sayin' ! It can be a nasty azz surprise if you don't think thru the details... like most things... armed with the right info can help.

T-Mobile (local company here) found out what happens when your back up gets the same corrupted crap that the "upgrade" to their system got....

[carbuff]

I haven't used it for any business purposes, but I do use the Mozy home offsite backup, and it seems to work pretty well.

http://mozy.com/

Thankfully I haven't needed to restore from an online backup, but I have replaced my computer, and migrating from one to the other wasn't too bad. I use it primarily for personal financial files and documents that I care about. The free home service is only 2 or 4GB... They do have a more business oriented service as well.

[Fluid Power]

Thanks guys. We back up one server nightly to tape, change the tape everyday, and only have a week on hand at a time. This system is Unix based and not connected to the internet so there has not been any drama. The new accounting system is Windows based (dear God!) and is running on its own server. I was going to back this up to a tape drive or an external hard drive and follow the same practice as the tape. Back up nightly, over write weekly. We are not storing drawings or engineering data or something that might need to be recovered for a customer at a much later date. I just thought an online option might work. I guess the traditional route looks pretty good at this point.

Darren