Comments on: BackupMyBlog: Auto Remote Backups for Blogs

By: Back Up Your Blog · ordaso.com

Back Up Your Blog · ordaso.com — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:21:44 +0000

[...] BackupMyBlog backups are fully redundant on two separate servers in two locations, so its extremely unlikely you’ll lose your main blog as well as both backups. However, the service has a 10 mb limit – something I don’t like – and older post backups are deleted as that limit is reached. Hopefully they’ll have options for more storage once the service is out of beta. Brian Benzinger has done a full test of the service and likes most aspects of it. [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:16:42 +0000

Check out IDrive-E. This IBackup product allows you to backup 2GB of data absolutely free with their Basic plan. IDrive-E performs ‘totally hands-free automated backups’ of files and folders. The backed up data will always be available as ‘IDrive-E’ online drive on your computer so that it can be easily restored.

You can backup any type of files with IDrive-E absolutely no limit on the upload or download size for backup and restore. IDrive-E retains 30 versions of backed up data. Each backup creates a new backup set that is identified by the date and time. You can restore up to 30 prior versions, including the most recent version of your data files. You can also restore latest versions of all your files or versions of files. IDrive-E does incremental backups that transfer only portions of file that have been modified or changed since the last backup.

For ease of use, the application has two interfaces to work with. IDrive-E Classic view offers a very simple and intuitive user-friendly interface similar to the native Microsoft Windows explorer to
backup and restore files and folders. You can also schedule your backup for a future data and time, exclude files and folders, delete entries in the backup set – all to suit your needs.

IDrive-E Explorer view is a virtual drive with Windows Explorer-like view. IDrive-E Explorer view is meant for restoring files and folders and is not for backups. You can browse your IDrive-E account contents, restore files and folders with a simple drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste operation, view history of files, drag-and-drop or copy files to local drive (restore file versions) and search for files and folders backed up in your IDrive-E account. All data stored on the IDrive-E servers is encrypted using a secure key with a user supplied password known only to the end user. IDrive-E uses industry standard AES 256-bit encryption* on storage.

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TechCrunch Japanese ????? » ????????????????? — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:48:06 +0000

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By: Self Evident

Self Evident — Mon, 22 May 2006 23:25:12 +0000

That seems useful… and less traumatic than FTP’ing to yourself. Maybe the larger blogging providers will add a feature to more easily create daily backups now. :)

By: Deep Codes » Blog Backup

Deep Codes » Blog Backup — Sun, 21 May 2006 00:51:49 +0000

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By: Prashant

Prashant — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:27:59 +0000

That service looks great, the only problem is that it only backups your database, what about the files? You should also take a look at Bytefortress, I use them and couldn't be happier with their service. With their service you can backup your entire web directory (Including files and databases, etc.).

By: Brian Benzinger

Brian Benzinger — Sun, 14 May 2006 17:22:17 +0000

Ben – I suppose part could be done with full-text RSS feeds, but that would only cover a small portion of data. BackupMyBlog backs up the whole database for the blogging platform, not just posts. It backs up categories, users, posts, meta data, and the works – something that just wouldn’t be possible with feeds, atleast without some heavy modification. Not to mention that there is a large percentage of bloggers that do not use full-text feeds. BackupMyBlog has manual options for technical users.. which isn’t really all that technical anyway, and an automatic option that’s just a matter of filling in connection details. Restoring a database is as simple as uploading a file and browsing to it.

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:35:52 +0000

Wouldn’t this be a ton more useful if it looked at full-text RSS feeds instead? Currently it’s solely limited to technical users – the ones most likely to have some kind of backup solution anyway.

By: TechCrunch en français » Sauvegardez votre Blog

TechCrunch en français » Sauvegardez votre Blog — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:08:49 +0000

[...] Les sauvegardes de BackupMyBlog sont totalement redondantes et sont faites sur 2 serveurs différents présents à 2 endroits différents. Cependant le service est limité à 10mb – pas vraiment idéal- et les anciens billets sont automatiquement effacés quand la limite est atteinte. Nous imaginons qu’ils auront plus d’options pour l’espace de stockage une fois le service en ligne. Brian Bezinger a effectué un test complet du service. [...]

By: Backupmyblog Saves Hours - rev2.org

Backupmyblog Saves Hours - rev2.org — Sun, 14 May 2006 04:55:26 +0000

[...] Backupmyblog is a a new service which enables you to backup your MySQL blog within minutes. Brian Benzinger has written about it here. I find this an interesting service, but the fact that it only backs up databases and will be a paid-for service once launched has made me stick with my traditional WordPress plugin. WP Cron + WordPress Database Backup + a Bulk GMail Account does the trick more than well enough. Comments [...]