Cloud backup with seed service
Jan 4, 2012 | 12:25 pm
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Cloud backup with seed service
Quick query on cloud backup services. I'm looking to add a cloud service to add a bit more robustness to my backup strategy.
I've about 300gb to backup, which I could cut back to 200gb if I wasn't worried about the music collection being in the cloud. The rest is photos which are key.
So with the volume I figure I need a good price plan and a seed service to get the ball rolling. Crashplan looks absolute spot on but they don't offer the seed service in the UK. Carbonite see nothing wrong with attempting to upload 300gb on an ADSL connection (and my interaction with their support team hasn't been reassuring).
Does anyone know of any options I should look at?
As ever, thanks for any advice.
I've about 300gb to backup, which I could cut back to 200gb if I wasn't worried about the music collection being in the cloud. The rest is photos which are key.
So with the volume I figure I need a good price plan and a seed service to get the ball rolling. Crashplan looks absolute spot on but they don't offer the seed service in the UK. Carbonite see nothing wrong with attempting to upload 300gb on an ADSL connection (and my interaction with their support team hasn't been reassuring).
Does anyone know of any options I should look at?
As ever, thanks for any advice.
Jan 4, 2012 | 6:33 pm
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I've been very pleased with the free crashplan solution backing up to two separate external hard drives attached to computers ten miles apart. I noticed it is much faster than backing up to crashplan's servers. Archiving 100gb the first time took about a day and a half but both locations had fast business grade cable modem connections.
Even if it takes a couple weeks for the first backup - would that be insurmountable? Does your ISP have bandwidth caps that you would exceed?
Even if it takes a couple weeks for the first backup - would that be insurmountable? Does your ISP have bandwidth caps that you would exceed?
Jan 5, 2012 | 1:20 am
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That assumes 100% of the bandwidth for that time.Thanks for the feedback n the software, sounds good.
Jan 5, 2012 | 7:17 am
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I use the free version of crashplan too, between two of my machines in different locations. I seeded the data myself via external HDD (approx 800G), but since then everything is backed up over the wire (via UK domestic DSL connections). I've also done the same for my Mum's laptop.
It seems to work really well - but obviously you have to have control over 2 machines in different locations (or a friend that you can convince!)
It seems to work really well - but obviously you have to have control over 2 machines in different locations (or a friend that you can convince!)
Jan 5, 2012 | 9:09 pm
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Haven't had much experience with personal online backup solutions (usually deal with it internally at the enterprise level) but i've had limited experience with Mozy (not sure how well it is working now). They have a seed service called Data Shuttle (steep prices tho).
http://mozy.com/pro/server/data-shuttle/
http://mozy.com/pro/server/data-shuttle/
Jan 6, 2012 | 9:46 am
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Haven't had much experience with personal online backup solutions (usually deal with it internally at the enterprise level) but i've had limited experience with Mozy (not sure how well it is working now). They have a seed service called Data Shuttle (steep prices tho).
http://mozy.com/pro/server/data-shuttle/
http://mozy.com/pro/server/data-shuttle/
I've had to use the service to restore from a hard drive failure, it's been extremely reliable, and backups run in the background while the computer is idle.
Jan 6, 2012 | 11:20 pm
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I'm happy with Crashplan+ family plan. Unlimited storage for a much lower price than Mozy (which I used to use). We have about 500gb across 5 machines. I did not seed and it probably took a month to complete initial backup, but I have the network speed throttled way back.
Jan 7, 2012 | 7:13 am
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Isn't cloud, a return to the mainframe days in a sense? All you had was a terminal. Applications and data resided in the computer center.
The difference now is that the terminals were dumb and PC's are not. Before the dumb terminals were networked with the hub, the mainframe. Now pcs are networked in a far more complex network with no defined central hub, but still have to deal with issues of queuing, prioritizing tasks, time sharing, batch processing etc.
The difference now is that the terminals were dumb and PC's are not. Before the dumb terminals were networked with the hub, the mainframe. Now pcs are networked in a far more complex network with no defined central hub, but still have to deal with issues of queuing, prioritizing tasks, time sharing, batch processing etc.
Jan 7, 2012 | 7:15 am
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Jan 7, 2012 | 11:36 am
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I'm happy with Crashplan+ family plan. Unlimited storage for a much lower price than Mozy (which I used to use). We have about 500gb across 5 machines. I did not seed and it probably took a month to complete initial backup, but I have the network speed throttled way back.
Out of interest what connection speed were you running?
Jan 7, 2012 | 11:43 am
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