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Carbonite skips more than just videos. &nbsp;If you are on a mac, (this is from memory, I tried them and dumped them), then they at least used to skip the &quot;operating system files&quot;. &nbsp; I.e, they only backed up what they said was your data. &nbsp; So they technically don't back up your computer. &nbsp; &nbsp; There was a way you could force it to back up more types of files, but I found the thought of having to manually override what I wanted backed up in order to get a full system backup so distasteful, that I decided against them for my home PCs.<br />

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Carbonite skips more than just videos.  If you are on a mac, (this is from memory, I tried them and dumped them), then they at least used to skip the "operating system files".   I.e, they only backed up what they said was your data.   So they technically don't back up your computer.     There was a way you could force it to back up more types of files, but I found the thought of having to manually override what I wanted backed up in order to get a full system backup so distasteful, that I decided against them for my home PCs.


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Check out <a href="http://www.veeam.com/cloud-backup-vmware-hyper-v.html?ad=expertex" rel="ugc">Veeam Backup &amp;&nbsp;Replication Cloud Edition</a>, just released yesterday. Compression is done before transfer.
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Check out Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition [http://www.veeam.com/cloud-backup-vmware-hyper-v.html?ad=expertex], just released yesterday. Compression is done before transfer.

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I tested Cloudberry backup to back up server 2008 and it seemed slow. &nbsp;It backs up 7GB of data &nbsp;to Amazon S3 in 6 hours. &nbsp;My broadband connection averages about 2-3 &nbsp;Mbps up. &nbsp; I not sure what I should expect.<br />
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 Is 7GB in 6 hours slow or fast? &nbsp; <br />

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 Does someone know of a chart that gives me some benchmarks based on pipe size and data amount?<br />
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Or, is it simple math?<br />
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I tested Cloudberry backup to back up server 2008 and it seemed slow.  It backs up 7GB of data  to Amazon S3 in 6 hours.  My broadband connection averages about 2-3  Mbps up.   I not sure what I should expect.
   Is 7GB in 6 hours slow or fast?   
 Does someone know of a chart that gives me some benchmarks based on pipe size and data amount?

Or, is it simple math?



Online Backup Performance

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.