Comments on: Rediculously simple online backup/storage for a pittance

By: freddie wang

freddie wang — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:42:01 +0000

One word of caution with cheap bulk online backup accounts is the common giveaway of large space and upload ability combined with the flip side being a miniscule download or restore allowance per month. This is what is known as the Hotel California of online backup and not a nice scenario if you find yourself in a data loss scenario. I use http://www.backupanytime.com which has no download or restore limitations.

F.W.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:30:56 +0000

Here's a good post for you to read. It covers all the free options.

http://www.avidardik.com/2006/07/18/how-to-create-a-linux-backup-server-and-automatically-backup-your-windows-xp/

By: Lon

Lon — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:49:11 +0000

Between all my systems at home (includes home office), I have over 2.5 TB of storage — I am seriously looking into getting a NAS-RAID or two (when I can afford it) just for backups.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:52:59 +0000

One more thing–I want total control of how backups are performed. We might want to do offline weekly/monthly incremental backups if we can afford it. Carbonite is very simple, which is great for home users.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:46:43 +0000

Carbonite's my second choice because they's no guarantee they'll stay in business or stay at the same price. Probably better for home. They're just a middleman between you and S3 anyway. If we have to recover quickly, we'll be slowed down by their daily bandwidth quota. I'll have to look at Mozy. never heard of them.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:42:25 +0000

With that setup, everything's compressed and encrypted at both ends.

By: Lon

Lon — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:11:12 +0000

some other options were discussed in David Pogue's column in the NYTimes. two look interesting to me: CARBONITE and MOZY ($50-55/year and unlimited storage!)

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:57:28 +0000

Were you at all apprehensive about sending your company's data out there into the ether? Is it sensitive data?

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:24:09 +0000

Website development and maintenance, Linux and Windows sysadmin, tech support, employee training, video/audio production and editing, translation, photography, purchasing, and technical research/consulting. Basically, anything here that requires more technical aptitude than using MS Office or a web browser. It's a small company with >10 employees running five different companies.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:16:25 +0000

What exactly do you do with that company. I remeber that your company teaches using lego's, but what is it that YOU exactly do?