When I set up my Windows Home Server I configure the normal Windows Server Backup task to backup the server folders to a USB disk. That\u2019s nice for normal backup\/recovery. But that doesn\u2019t protect my data (documents, books, whitepapers, and thousands of photos) against fire and theft. Sure, I could probably swap disks and store them offsite. But I know how poor my discipline with doing that in the past was. I need something automated for off-site backup.<\/p>\n
So I decided to try Carbonite<\/a>. It\u2019s one of the few online personal backup solutions that will work on WHS. There\u2019s a 15 day free trial so I signed up for that, and I added the offer code from the TWiT Security Now<\/em> podcast \u2013 that gives you an extra 2 months free in addition to your 12 month subscription (unlimited storage for less than $60\/year!!!!).<\/p>\n The install was easy. The configuration wizard walks you through the few steps. You\u2019re warned that files like video will not be backed up. I\u2019m OK with that \u2013 I have no personal\/holiday videos because I\u2019m a still photo man. Targeting a folder is easy \u2013 use Windows Explorer, right-click, and select the add to backup option. I had two schedule choices: constantly backup changes or schedule. I went for the first option.<\/p>\n OK, the flaw: I have 20GB per month limit and I\u2019m on ADSL. It\u2019s going to take a very long time to get all of my photo collection backing up to the cloud. I\u2019ve been incrementally adding folders, starting with My Documents, and then I added some of my older photo folders to test. All worked well. I\u2019ll continue testing, and then decided next week if I\u2019ll pay for the service.<\/p>\n When I set up my Windows Home Server I configure the normal Windows Server Backup task to backup the server folders to a USB disk. That\u2019s nice for normal backup\/recovery. But that doesn\u2019t protect my data (documents, books, whitepapers, and thousands of photos) against fire and theft. Sure, I could probably swap disks and store … Continue reading “Carbonite on my Windows Home Server”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[55,106],"class_list":["post-11375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloud","tag-backup","tag-windows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t