Warning this is pretty techie and unless NAS box, mapped drives and online backup mean anything to you I’d skip this.

So you’re still with me – I’ve been using Mozy to back up my system over the Internet.

However I recently purchased a NAS box to relieve the pressure of data on my laptop and to add additional protection by storing my data on mirrored disks.

Now, I assumed, as it turns out incorrectly, that Mozy would backup the NAS box. As always assumption is the mother of cock-up’s and Mozy won’t backup mapped drives – well not unless I purchase a Mozy Pro server licence – which makes online backup ridiculously expensive.

So when my current 2-year-agreement runs out I’d thought I’d use a service that supports mapped drives – we’ll I’ve been looking and it seems a four leaved clover might be easier to find.

So when I read:

IDrive also has some backup features that might be welcome within small and media businesses. Mapped network drives can easily be backed up, and scheduled backups can be set up within the client or by using a web-based management console. Stuart Andrews, PC Pro.

So I checked IDrive’s website and yes IDrive supports backup of mapped and external hard drives and all for $4.95 US dollars a month – so if you’ve a NAS box IDrive looks the affordable online backup service to use.