It’s a new year, and I am using a new online backup solution. This time, it’s CrashPlan. So far, so good… but the year is still young.

I’ve tried a handful of different companies, from Amazon S3, Carbonite, Mozy, JungleDisk, to my MobileMe account via iDisk. So far, CrashPlan is the only one with zero issues. All the others I mentioned had some limitation. CrashPlan is also the most widely available, having versions for use with MacOS, Windows, Linux, and even the Solaris operating system. It’s FREE to try and definitely worth it. It’s only $54.00/year for unlimited storage, which makes it the cheapest service out there.

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I’m always looking for new (and easier) ways to make backup copies of my data. And if you aren’t, you’d better start. All it takes is one catastrophe for years of your data to go poof. Un-fun times.

My backup strategy has ranged from making cloned copies of my drive, to using Apple’s Time Machine software and their Time Capsule hardware, to backing up files on DVDs. All are good, but just as in real estate, it’s all about LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

Often, the problem is that all of our backups are stored in the same location. This exposes the data to the possibility of fire or theft. Even with the best backup strategy, data stored in the same location offers as much insurance as not having any backups– and that’s pretty nill.

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