Saturday, September 7, 2013

Why Carbonite Should Be Used

Carbonite is an online backup service that is available to both Windows and Mac users.  With Carbonite you can backup documents, e-mails, photos, and settings in a secure location that is not on your computer. Carbonite was the first backup service to allow unlimited backup space for a fixed price while all other services were charging by the gigabyte.

One of the main reasons Carbonite should be used is that it is a good way to save important documents from your computer in a secure location that is not on your computer.  With Carbonite, computer failures are no longer a reason to fear losing important documents that are on your computer.

Another reason to use it is because of its easy to use scheduler.  The scheduler allows you to setup and perform automatic backups at a date and time of your choice.  Once your computer has been backed up, you can configure Carbonite to backup up your new and updated files by whatever interval you want, whether its by the hour or the day.

Carbonite's settings can be adjusted to automatically backup your files when your computer is not in use, or when the least amount of resources are being used.  When you do this valuable bandwith resources are not being used up while you are using the computer.  Files can be restored individually, all at once, or restore missing files to any computer as long as it can connect to the internet.

With Carbonite it is easy to know which files have been backed up from your computer by looking at the color of the status dot.  A green dot on a folder signifies that the contents of that folder has been backed up.  A yellow dot on a folder signifies that the contents of that folder are awaiting to be backed up.  The easy to understand color coding is a simple way to know which files on your computer have been backed up.

Carbonite is very secure.  It supports redundant storage and provides double encryption before the information leaves your computer.  You may also use your own encryption code if it makes you feel safer.
In order to access your information you must enter your password.  Remote access to your account may result in additional safe guards being used such as answering security questions and an approved e-mail address.



References
http://www.carbonite.com/
http://online-data-backup-review.toptenreviews.com/carbonite-review.html

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