HP Upline Alternative

HP surprised the world that they will discontinue their online backup service (HP Upline) by March 31, 2009.
Existing customers still be able to restore their files until end of the March. There are plenty of other online backup services in the market today that can do better than HP Upline.

In this article, I would like to share with you about Mozy as your HP Upline alternative for your online backup solution. You can check about Mozy background at their website. I would not repeat what they have written in their website. This article will compare the basic backup features that I demand for online backup solution.

What Mozy and Upline have something in common

  • Unlimited space.
  • The files will be encrypted at your computer before uploading to data center.
  • Offers bandwidth throttling to limit the upload/download speed.

What features that Mozy is better than Upline

  • Mozy offers private encryption.
    Private encryption allows you to choose your own private key. It is useful for lawyer or somebody else that requires to keep private key themselves.
  • Mozy offers restoring from multiple file versions up to 30 days.
  • Mozy can backup locked or open files.
  • Mozy can backup files incrementally.
    Mozy can detect the portion of file that has been changed, Upline backups and uploads the whole file again.
  • Mozy is simple to use compare to Upline.

What features that Upline is better than Mozy

  • Upline offers photo sharing.
  • Upline offers file sharing.
  • Upline has other fancy stuff that are not related to backup features.

Summary

If you are serious about data protection then it is a clear distinction that you should try Mozy. In many cases, HP Upline has lack of the basic backup features to give better experience for the users.
At present, Mozy offers you with 15% discount for existing HP Upline customers. You should grab this opportunity when the offer is still available.

Basically, there are 3 types of Mozy accounts that you can subscribe from the links below to enjoy discounts.

MozyHome Free

You do not need a mozy promotional code to get MozyHome Free edition. Click here to download.

MozyHome Unlimited

You can get 15% discount and 1 month free for MozyHome Unlimited annual subscription from this link.

MozyPro

You also get 15% discount and 1 month free for MozyPro annual subscription from this link.