Glossary
- Data Recovery
- As an online backup service, Mozy keeps a secondary copy of your files in secure data centers. If you lose your primary file copy via file corruption, accidental deletion, or hardware failure, Mozy allows you to obtain the secondary copy.
- If you have lost the primary copy of your files and do not have a secondary copy stored with Mozy, you will need to look into other restoration methods. Iomega's data recovery services can help you retrieve data from a damaged or inaccessible drive. Visit www.iomegadatarecovery.com for more information.
- Email Backup
- Do you store a backup copy of all of your important email? If you're using Microsoft Outlook, you have a PST or Personal Folder File which stores all the email files, email folders, contacts, and any other personal data related to Microsoft Outlook on your computer. Fortunately, Mozy online backup stores a copy of this PST file for safekeeping. If you ever experience a hard drive crash, virus, or computer theft, it's as simple as restoring the PST file to your new computer and you have access to all of your email files, folders, and contacts again.
- Because Mozy performs differential and incremental backups, email backups are lightning fast after the first backup. This is important because PST files can range in size anywhere from 1GB up to more than 20GB. Let's say you have a 4GB Outlook PST file. The first Outlook backup will send 4GB of data which may take a few hours. Now assume that during the course of an average day you receive 2MB worth of new email. The next Mozy backup will only send the 2MB of new email. If you receive another 3MB worth of new email, your next Outlook backup will be only send 3MB and so on. Mozy is smart enough to just back up the files that have been added or changed since the last backup. Mozy does not need to back up the entire 4GB file all over again, saving valuable time and bandwidth.
- Online Backup
- Do you have a backup copy of your important computer files online? Why should you back up your files online when you can just burn CDs or buy an external hard drive? Traditional backup methods such as CDs and external hard drives are expensive and susceptible to damage from scratching, water, temperature change, theft, fire, flooding, and other natural disasters. Furthermore, these backup methods require time, materials, and manual intervention, meaning they often never happen. Mozy online backup runs automatically in the background and ensures that the most recent copy of your important computer files are kept at a secure remote location for safe retrieval in the event of a disaster.
- Unfortunately, hard drives crash, viruses attack, computers are stolen, and important documents get lost. The good news is that Mozy stores and protects your important files online with an affordable, secure solution that's easy-to-use.
- Photo Backup
- Your personal photographs are probably among your most valued and precious possessions. There are a number of ways to save and back up digital photos, but all are susceptible to damage: CD's and hard copies are prone to scratching, fading, and deterioration while external hard drives require manual intervention and are not water, theft, or fire-proof.
- The most convenient and secure way to ensure the protection of your digital photos is with Mozy online backup. Mozy automatically backs up all the digital photos on your PC via a broadband internet connection and keeps a copy for safekeeping so you don't have to worry about losing your most priceless possessions.
