Posted: 8/9/2010 8:17:08 AM EDT
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Carbonite seems the cheapest with unlimited storage.
Is it secure? I am thinking of encrypting files with Truecrypt and uploading those. Thoughts? |
| I would HIGHLY suggest Dropbox. They offter the first 2gb for free. You instal their software and it adds a dropbox folder to your computer. Then anything added to the folder is automatically synced. It's a greaty way to sync across computers and phones(iphone and android). The public folder makes it super easy to post pictures on forums. |
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Can anyone give me more information on CrashPlan? It is the only one I have seen for linux users and would be a good idea to backup my storage server in case something happens to it. I might be able to answer specific questions on it. I run it on Windows boxes, though, not on linux. |
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Quoted: How do you like the over all service? Would you switch to another provider? Quoted: Can anyone give me more information on CrashPlan? It is the only one I have seen for linux users and would be a good idea to backup my storage server in case something happens to it. I might be able to answer specific questions on it. I run it on Windows boxes, though, not on linux. Do you use CrashPlan or CrashPlan+ and why? Have you ever done any restore and if so, how well did it work? |
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How do you like the over all service? Would you switch to another provider?
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Can anyone give me more information on CrashPlan? It is the only one I have seen for linux users and would be a good idea to backup my storage server in case something happens to it. I might be able to answer specific questions on it. I run it on Windows boxes, though, not on linux. Do you use CrashPlan or CrashPlan+ and why? Have you ever done any restore and if so, how well did it work? I chose them over carbonite for 2 main reasons... no speed throttling, and ability to backup to multiple places. Carbonite is backing up to their cloud only. Crashplan has a FREE feature of sharing hard drive space with friends. You allocate a 500GB drive for me and I allocate a 500GB drive for you. We both get offsite backups for no cost other than perhaps $100 for a drive. Then if you also want to backup to their cloud, it costs the same as Carbonite. Crashplan is the last ditch for me, so I've never used it for a critical restore, though I have randomly restored some files of various sizes to test it. I actually back up locally to a network attached storage that's in a different room of the house. Then it also gets backed up to crashplan's cloud. If I delete something by accident or whatever, I would normally restore from the local external drive for speed reasons. Crashplan for me is insurance in case of fire or theft, and the thief manages to get all of the electronic equipment, including my external backup drive. The restoring over the internet will take several days, but it's better than starting over. I only backup critical stuff such as music, photos, videos, documents, data files for a few different apps. The O/S files and applications can be reinstalled. In the event of theft or fire, the replacement hardware will likely be different and negate the ability to restore the O/S anyway. I also like Crashplan's multiple-revision setting. Meaning in crashplan +, you can set how often to backup changes to files and how long to keep them in the archive. I have mine set to keep every change for up to a year. My local hard drive backups don't have room enough to keep things that long and of course gets recycled. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: How do you like the over all service? Would you switch to another provider? Quoted: Can anyone give me more information on CrashPlan? It is the only one I have seen for linux users and would be a good idea to backup my storage server in case something happens to it. I might be able to answer specific questions on it. I run it on Windows boxes, though, not on linux. Do you use CrashPlan or CrashPlan+ and why? Have you ever done any restore and if so, how well did it work? I chose them over carbonite for 2 main reasons... no speed throttling, and ability to backup to multiple places. Carbonite is backing up to their cloud only. Crashplan has a FREE feature of sharing hard drive space with friends. You allocate a 500GB drive for me and I allocate a 500GB drive for you. We both get offsite backups for no cost other than perhaps $100 for a drive. Then if you also want to backup to their cloud, it costs the same as Carbonite. Crashplan is the last ditch for me, so I've never used it for a critical restore, though I have randomly restored some files of various sizes to test it. I actually back up locally to a network attached storage that's in a different room of the house. Then it also gets backed up to crashplan's cloud. If I delete something by accident or whatever, I would normally restore from the local external drive for speed reasons. Crashplan for me is insurance in case of fire or theft, and the thief manages to get all of the electronic equipment, including my external backup drive. The restoring over the internet will take several days, but it's better than starting over. I only backup critical stuff such as music, photos, videos, documents, data files for a few different apps. The O/S files and applications can be reinstalled. In the event of theft or fire, the replacement hardware will likely be different and negate the ability to restore the O/S anyway. I also like Crashplan's multiple-revision setting. Meaning in crashplan +, you can set how often to backup changes to files and how long to keep them in the archive. I have mine set to keep every change for up to a year. My local hard drive backups don't have room enough to keep things that long and of course gets recycled. I am backing up for the same reason, fire or theft. I plan to scan all my important documents and save as PDFs then save them on my NAS, encrypted of course. With the sharing hard drive feature, would it be possible to share a drive with someone like my mother but keep it from backing up my files to her hard drive, but allowing her to backup to mine? Basically allowing her to backup to my NAS via the internet then my NAS getting backed up to the CrashPlan cloud. I know they have a family license and I'm sure if I go this route, that is what I will get after I test of course. |
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[/quote] I am backing up for the same reason, fire or theft. I plan to scan all my important documents and save as PDFs then save them on my NAS, encrypted of course. With the sharing hard drive feature, would it be possible to share a drive with someone like my mother but keep it from backing up my files to her hard drive, but allowing her to backup to mine? Basically allowing her to backup to my NAS via the internet then my NAS getting backed up to the CrashPlan cloud. I know they have a family license and I'm sure if I go this route, that is what I will get after I test of course. [/quote] Yes, it can be 1-way. Basically any computer on your network can be a storage location for any other computer. If you'll be backing up over the internet, it's just opening a couple of ports on your firewall so that the connection can be made. |