Zoogmo offers a novel approach to offsite backup. Instead of saving your files to a central server, this Windows application lets users create peer to peer networks to store files. So if you've got three or four friends with broadband connections and a few spare GB of disk space all you have to do is ask them to download and install Zoogmo and add you as a partner. When you initiate a backup, Zoogmo will check to see which of your partners are online and begin saving your files on their computers.
All your data will be encrypted so that nobody can access your files without your login information. So if you want to save your tax or medical documents offsite, there's little to no risk of your friends reading through them.
Zoogmo is currently in public beta, which means it's free for anyone to use. While in beta there's a file size limit of 50MB, so don't expect to backup your ripped DVD collection using Zoogmo.
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1-30-2008 @ 1:37PM
Peter said...
Zoogmo is an interesting idea but it currently has some serious drawbacks (at least for me).
There is no block level transfer, so you have to move the whole file every time any part of it changes. There is no versioning at all. And there is no provision for deleting old files.
Also, if you put a sniffer on the line you can see A LOT of communication with the Zoogmo servers. Hard to understand what that could be.
Mozy is a much more robust solution. (A small correction, free accounts get 2 Gigs of space.)
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1-30-2008 @ 3:26PM
Aaron said...
CrashPlan (http://www.crashplan.com) already does this as one of its features (or it can back-up ala Mozy style to a centralized server). It also works on Win, Mac, and Linux.
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1-30-2008 @ 5:50PM
Vahid said...
Have you guys looked at http://www.docsyncer.com/ ? Though it is limited to "work" documents (such as .doc, .ppt, .pdf and such) it does the job quite nicely to me and in a very transparent manner: It just sits there looking for domcuments that are being changed and uploads them. Security issues? probably plenty, but finding my files on their server has saved my life at least once so far. It's still in Beta, but works really well for my needs.
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