Backups with Jungledisk

I recently started backing up my computer with Jungledisk. I previously used Mozy to backup but Jungledisk intrigued me for a few reasons. One is you can add your storage as a mapped drive. You couldn’t do this with Mozy. That will be handy if I want to backup something at work and download it at home. Also, once you purchase the $20 software, you can install it on as many computers as you’d like. Mozy charged for additional seats. Jungledisk will also work on Linux, which I’m thinking about switching to because Vista is annoying me. Mozy has no Linux client. Another thing I’ve been very impressed with is the speed of the uploads. While you’re limited to the speed of your ISP, Mozy never used the bandwidth to its fullest. Jungledisk backs up much quicker.

I still have several more days before my 60GBs are backed up, but when all is said and done, I’ll have backed up almost twice as fast as I did with Mozy. Jungledisk costs bit more than Mozy’s $4.95 a month for unlimited storage. With Jungledisk you pay the one-time $20 fee and then $.15 for every GB used in storage and $.10 for bandwidth. After the first month I’ll be spending about $10 a month instead of $4.95. The extra cost is worth it for the speed and features of Jungledisk’s software.

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4 replies
  2. Jovan
    Jovan says:

    Great post!

    It is vary rare that a backup service cater to those Linux user out there so it is always a pleasure to hear about services that do. I thought I would share with you another service that offers service for, not only Linux, but Windows and Mac also.

    SpiderOak, like Jungledisk, has the ability to back up any number of machines across any number of platforms
    to a central de-duplicated repository.

    In addition, you can access the data remotely from any internet connection, back up external and network drives, share data across your Spideroak network, and easily access and download any historical version or deleted file by date stamp.

  3. shep
    shep says:

    @nenia, except gmail allows for what? 7gb total. not ideal for backups. Real backups anyway.

    @jovan someone else from your company also emailed me. I’ll take a look at it but real information seems to be lacking from the website. I’m sure that’s just because the company is new, but good luck to you! I used to work for an online backup wholesaler about 5 years ago. It’s a stressful business at times.

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