We now have Fewer Excuses for Not Doing a PC Backup says the New York Times. Do we? I really don’t want to do a backup. Which does not mean I don’t want my data safely backed up – I just don’t want to have to *do* it. 
I want it to happen without me ever worrying about – that’s exactly what some of the online backup services offer.
I think the NYT is a bit harsh on Mozy, (my life-saver) by saying:
“Mozy offers dozens of novice-hostile options like “Enable Bandwidth Throttle” and “Don’t back up if the CPU is over this % busy.””
Novice-hostile? Wow… let me try to translate it to really simple English: these are the best features, which allow someone to use the service without having to leave their computer on overnight. You don’t need to have a fixed backup schedule anymore, Mozy runs in the background, uses your computer’s idle cycles, but slows down when you are using your machine. It doesn’t get any better, IMHO: you’re always backing up, yet you never *know* about it. Invisible helper.
Not mentioning ProtectMyPhotos is a glaring omission, IMHO, especially as the author makes the point of not including “Web sites that are exclusively dedicated to sharing photos or videos, like Flickr and MediaFire.” ProtectMyPhotos is an interesting hybrid, offering many of Mozy’s features, yet allowing users to share, browse, manipulate photos online – see my review here.
Last but not least, TechCrunch has a good (albeit somewhat old) review of the online storage space.
Looks like GDrive won’t be a reality. Otherwise GDrive would blow them away. But I have seen a website that might be better than GDrive anyway. Try http://www.drivehq.com. The client software (FileManager and WWWBackup) rocks! They also support FTP, nice feature for people who are familiar with FTP.