After reading this post, I had to check my Mozy install on my desktop–sure enough, it reported that it hadn’t run successfully in 5 days, and the error message was a "required update". No other clues would have alerted me to failed backups (it doesn’t show any kind of visual indicator until 7 days have gone by). I would have been extremely upset to discover that in a recovery effort.
So, I downloaded and installed (it requires a reboot–seriously? Aren’t we past that?), and now my hourly backup option is gone; it is at most 12 times a day, and on low CPU impact. Not happy with Mozy. I decided to look back at Carbonite–my first impressions two years ago (I backed up 30G in about a week) was that it was clunky, but it sounds like it has gotten better. I participated in the Beta back in early 2006, but my beta account is no longer active (schucks!)
The install was pretty painless on Vista x64, which is great. I now have to wait for quite some time before all my content is backed up. For the time being, I’m still running Mozy, but the whole point of automated backups is to not have to worry–and I worry about Mozy.
That’s funny, i got an email telling me about the update and after the update my schedule & “remind me after 7 days” settings were uneffected. I’m sitting here on Vista