[AccessD] Off-Site Backup

Andy,

There is a setting in Carbonite for "low priority" on internet usage, so 
the backup upload only happens when there is no other internet traffic 
happening.  I haven't measured it in any way, but the actual system 
resources used seems to be very low, and I noticed no performance hit at 
all from a "foreground" point of view.

It is very easy to select within Windows Explorer which files and/or 
folders you want included in the backup.  I found I had to remove my 
email folders from the regular backup, as these are large and changing 
frequently, which was increasing my internet usage hugely.  Apart from 
that, I have found it great.

Let me know if you would like me to send you an invitation... If you 
install via an invitation by an existing user, and if you eventually 
subscribe, you get 13 months for the price of 12 (and oh yes, the 
inviter also gets a bonus added to their account too ;-) ).

Regards
Steve


Andy Lacey wrote:
> Yea this would be my question too. I might download the trial and see but
> those of you who are already using Carbonite can probably answer the
> question for us. The website blurb says it "works quietly and continuously
> in the background". That worries me. I sometimes feel my PC has so much
> stuff working "quietly" in the background that I've got no foreground left
> (yes, just fitted more RAM before you ask). So can anyone give their
> experience on what the performance hit is of Carbonite?
>