I have terrible backup habits. Most of my important documents are synced using dropbox. But for the past few years, my photography strategy has been to back everything up every few months on an external hard drive, then put it in my desk drawer. If I were ever robbed, or if my house were to burn down, I’m pretty much screwed.
Being on the other coast for the Summer, I’ve recently been more aware of the fact that I could easily lose quite a bit if something happens to my computer (my backup drive is still in Boston). So I decided to try backing up everything online. I gave the Backblaze free trial a shot and hated it. I didn’t like the layout, and it was slow to sync. Then earlier this week I gave Mozy a go. And it’s great. For $6/month, I’ve got all of my photography backed up and set to sync every night while I sleep.
What I’d really like is a Dropbox-like solution with unlimited storage and cloud access to files for a reasonable price. But until then, Mozy gets it done.