online (cloud) back-up
- Started
- Last post
- 27 Responses
- PaulM740
thanks again guys for your response to this post, I installed bitcasa a week or so back - great product..
- ribit0
I've been using Backblaze for about 2 years, works well, backs up everything so you don't have to spend time on configuration.
- SunSunSun0
ZOVO.CO
- PaulM740
thanks guys - fantastic feedback, really very much appreciated.
I'm going to to for the service which is easiest to use for daily back-ups and working remotely. Bitcasa looks good - going to give it a try - unless anyone suggests otherwise..
- ETM0
Yeah I know. But it's basically a p2p for the offline element. I do not want that. A fragment of my archive here, another there. How does that affect restoration? What if I am waiting for chunks from devices where the net is disabled, device is unplugged, or bandwidth is non-existent. I am sure the same chunk exists on several different drives for redundancy, but nuts to that.
- offline, I mean off site.ETM
- Plus what if the service gets blocked or throttled like so many p2p services by ISPs?ETM
- Your data's in Joe's house... and the Kennedy house... :D
https://www.youtube.…ETM - first of all, it's encrypted. second, they keep a copy in the cloud.zaq
- zaq0
Read about Space Monkey here to really understand the idea behind the concept.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_…
- ETM0
A recent comparison:
http://www.extremetech.com/compu…
- linearch0
has been fantastic.
- zaq0
you should wait when http://www.spacemonkey.com/ will be available.
Space Monkey changes how you store data, forever. The Space Monkey device moves the cloud into your home, making it easier than ever to store, share, and access all your digital content—photos, videos, documents, and music—online.
- orrinward20
I have a NAS drive at home in a cupboard that auto-backs up nightly, with a NAS drive at my parents that backs up the work partition from that once a week. I can also access both wirelessly.
No monthly cost, just the cost of a 2TB NAS drive for home (with movies/TV on a 1TB partition) and a 1TB work NAS drive at my parents. Total cost was £160.
- 1TB and 2TB versions of these:
http://www.pixmania.…orrinward2 - They're low-end NAS drives and sometimes require a reset, but the storage works fine and I can stream off my at-home NAS just fine.orrinward2
- NAS just fine.orrinward2
- Pointless if you have a fire or other catastrophic event.ETM
- Never mind. I somehow missed the parents part. :/ETM
- Pointless is we have simultaneous fires!orrinward2
- 1TB and 2TB versions of these:
- ernexbcn0
I'm using CrashPlan https://www.crashplan.com bought a year of the thing, it's unlimited capacity.
The only complain I have with it is the speed of upload, I have 10 megabits up and this thing is uploading at 2.3 megabits, I'm thinking about removing the movies folder from this online backup thing and leave that for the Time Machine.
- A friend recovered all his photo collection from Crashplan after a hard drive crash, so yeah.ernexbcn
- rodzilla0
Carbonite seems similar to crash plan. I use it and love being able to access anything from anywhere. One additional feature is that it will back up "mobile" as well, just have to download the app and it will back shiz up there as well.
- nocomply0
I've been using Crashplan for about 2 years now. So far, so good. The backups happen automatically in the background and never interfere with what I'm going and *knock on wood* I've never had to go in there to retrieve any files.
I use it primarily as a last resort for a worst case scenario and for that it seems to be pretty good.
- PaulM740
thanks guys for the responses, really appreciated - my ideal solution would be a product that:
- I can archive all of my data
- Use as a daily back-up of files
- Use to access files remotely (from home, abroad etc)be interesting to hear your feedback on some of the products you've already mentioned, crashplan looks promising - I'm not looking of rthe cheapest option as it's for business use - just the most user friendly/reliable..
- canoe0
Office365 ???
- canoe0
Office365 ???
- svante0
There was a thread a while ago which led me to backblaze.com. $5/mo
- jaylarson0
Crashplan does everything I want.
http://www.crashplan.com/