https://blog.insanegenius.com/tag/mozy/Recent content in Mozy on Pieter Viljoen's BlogHugoenWed, 13 Apr 2011 04:53:00 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2011/04/12/unlimited-online-backup-providers/Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:53:00 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2011/04/12/unlimited-online-backup-providers/<p>I just received an email from <a href="http://www.elephantdrive.com/">ElephantDrive</a> informing me that my legacy unlimited storage account will be terminated in 30 days, and that I must select a new plan.</p> <p>In July 2009 <a href="http://www.elephantdrive.com/">ElephantDrive</a> <a href="http://support.elephantdrive.com/entries/211796-why-did-elephantdrive-change-their-plans">announced</a> that they are no longer offering their $100 per year unlimited storage plan. ElephantDrive is now offering a <a href="https://www.elephantdrive.com/welcome/home_plans.aspx">$200 per year for 500GB</a> plan.<br> In February 2011 <a href="http://mozy.com/">Mozy</a> <a href="http://mozy.com/support/mozyhome?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=MillinerLaunch-WayOver&amp;utm_campaign=SpecialAnnouncements&amp;ref=36b792db">announced</a> that they are no longer offering their $55 per year unlimited storage plan. Mozy is now offering a <a href="http://mozy.com/home/pricing/">$120 per year for 125GB</a> plan.<br> In February 2011 <a href="http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/personal/safe-sync/">Trend Micro SafeSync</a> announced that they are <a href="http://esupport.trendmicro.com/pages/Frequently-Asked-Questions-FAQ-about-Rate-Limiting-in-Trend-Micro-SafeSync.aspx">bandwidth throttling</a> large accounts. In March 2011 they announced that they are no longer offering their $35 per year unlimited storage plan. SafeSync is now offering a <a href="http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/personal/safe-sync/">$150 per year for 150GB</a> plan.<br> Carbonite offers a <a href="https://buy.carbonite.com/buy/index/4486">$55 per year for unlimited storage</a> plan, but they are <a href="http://carbonite.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1440">bandwidth throttling</a> accounts over 35GB to 512Kbps and accounts over 200GB to 100Kbps access speeds.<br> <a href="http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-livekive">AVG LiveKive</a> offers an <a href="http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-livekive">$80 per year for unlimited storage</a> plan, but the <a href="http://www.avg.com/us-en/livekive-terms">terms of service</a> defines unlimited as 500GB.<br> <a href="http://www.backblaze.com/">BackBlaze</a> offers a <a href="http://www.backblaze.com/">$60 per year for unlimited storage</a> plan.<br> <a href="http://www.crashplan.com/">CrashPlan</a> offers a <a href="http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl">$50 per year for unlimited storage</a> plan.<br> Neither <a href="http://www.backblaze.com/">BackBlaze</a>nor <a href="http://www.crashplan.com/">CrashPlan</a> supports their unlimited plan on server class machines.</p>