compl3x Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I have been considering a back ups service lately (if anyone is using one, I would appreciate recommendations) & thought it would make a decent poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I would if I had the upload speed to do so :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madd-hatter Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 My SSD's are mostly occupied by system/program files and various forms of impersonal media (that can be re-downloaded.) I back up the remaining select GB's of personal files on an external. IMO, the most efficient and cost effective strategy. Online services are for individuals with very large personal catalogs and companies. Ian W and Draconian Guppy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes, but in conjunction with a physical backup as well. Sh't happens, backup media can die, third party servers can die (or just disappear), not rolling the dice with important stuff that I can't afford to lose. Ian W 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33kb0y Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I don't have much to backup (don't typically care about media files, etc) so I manually compress/encrypt what's important to me, & sync it to free Dropbox space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium_pimpin Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes - onsite backup with external drive. Offsite with BackBlaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hellewell Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I utilize SkyDrive (onedrive), google drive, and drop box. I then get free (included) unlimited online backup through my ISP (Cox Communications) and backup all of those folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted February 5, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2014 I use SkyDrive and DropBox to save anything i really care about. If its not on those services then i have no problem losing the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmjm Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 yes and my 1.5TB suddenly started getting lots of errors in December. Good thing I backed up but man I had to download everything, all 1.1TB... what a pita :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted February 5, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2014 As others have pointed out, I use a combination of on site backup (Crash Plan App + Synology Disk Station + various external drives over the years, and good old Data DVD's still believe it or not, can never be to safe) with mostly free online services. I use Google a lot now for my photos, etc. since I am on Android and it works seamless, Apple for my iPad old iPhone photos, Google Music for my Music (is a monthly fee there, but also have all music backed up). I also made the switch to completely cloud based email a couple of years back, so no longer using Outlook or Mail for any local email on any of my computers. Has gone okay for the past few years. When I was looking online services up, BackBlaze kept seeming like a good option. There is also always Carbonite which has been around for a long time now in this space, so they must be doing something right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 My SSD's are mostly occupied by system/program files and various forms of impersonal media (that can be re-downloaded.) I back up the remaining select GB's of personal files on an external. IMO, the most efficient and cost effective strategy. Online services are for individuals with very large personal catalogs and companies. If you had a fire, flood, break-in etc. all of that data could be gone. I suppose it depends on how important that data is. Music could be re-downloaded but photos or work might never be retrievable. 3-2-1 of backup: 3 copies of the data in 2 different formats 1 off-site idk how many people do this, but it is the common standard. Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 6, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 6, 2014 I use Carbonite for about 29 gigs of data, not counting ISO and Video / audio files I also have 2 3TB drives which backs up all of my internal drives. 1 drive stays at home the other drive lives in a safety deposit box at the bank and both drives get rotated monthly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ON Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I use IASO - Covers our Exchange, SQL and files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Is backblaze really good? I don't want to spend more than around $5 a month. I back up to two HD's already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I don't back up a dang thing! Nothing important kept on my computers. The ONLY way I'm losing anything is if the computer completely dies, which I don't forsee happening and even if it does, I didn't lose a thing! Not worried about my Windows or Linux boxes getting messed up as that just doesn't happen anymore unless you're some moron who always fiddles with stuff or don't know how to protect your Windows/Linux system! Anyone that doesn't have a hard copy of what they want to save is just asking for trouble, IMO. Who knows how long what ever site you have something backed up on will be around or hacked and any external device can die at any given moment. Anything that is really THAT important is in a fire proof safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 14, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm using Google Drive and my old university shell account as online backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Knight Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Google Drive 50 GB plan - medium resolution photos and videos for viewing and sharing Amazon Glacier - Archiving original photos, videos and iTunes purchases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoDEAN Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Anyone have any input on Amazon Glacier? Got an app for it on my Synology NAS, curious how well it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scrip Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 3-2-1 of backup: 3 copies of the data in 2 different formats 1 off-site I'm fine with the 3 copies of data and even the 1 off-site. But what are the other formats? Blu-Ray? DVD? Tape? I shudder at the thought of burning 60 Blu-Ray discs to backup a single 3TB hard drive. And then cataloging it all. And having to retrieve that data off of 60 Blu-Ray discs if anything did go wrong. I'd rather have 3 hard drives with one of them off site. What are the chances of all 3 failing at the same time? Isn't having 3 copies good enough by itself? I guess I'm not seeing the point of using different media... especially if it's a pain in the ass to create and/or access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I'm fine with the 3 copies of data and even the 1 off-site. But what are the other formats? Blu-Ray? DVD? Tape? I shudder at the thought of burning 60 Blu-Ray discs to backup a single 3TB hard drive. And then cataloging it all. And having to retrieve that data off of 60 Blu-Ray discs if anything did go wrong. I'd rather have 3 hard drives with one of them off site. What are the chances of all 3 failing at the same time? Isn't having 3 copies good enough by itself? I guess I'm not seeing the point of using different media... especially if it's a pain in the ass to create and/or access. For a complete back-up I would entirely agree with you. However, if you have family photos or documents then you could probably get away with 1 or 2 discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I juggle cloud storage providers currently for my stuff: OneDrive (68.5GB atm) & BitLocker for important stuff, Box for non-important stuff (50GB free with my phone) & Ubuntu One (5GB) for anything Linux/Raspberry Pi related. I've tried the BT 50GB backup service for Infinity customers and found it to be quite a mess, even for just backing up family photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanboy89 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 All the pictures I take with my phone get backed up to OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Plus. Other than that, no other "cloud" backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick831 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I use OneDrive and Tresorit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I put stuff on my OneDrive, mostly photos that I don't want to lose. I also keep a local backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I know this is a few months old, but i didn't wanna create a new topic. I've been debating online back up for years, and finally decided on doing it. What really stopped me were the prices, the time it would take for me to back up my 250GB photo collection. Ever exploring many options for online backup, i decided to settle with CrashPlan. Reason why I like Crashplan are the low Monthly payments. $5.99 for unlimited space? heck yea! (even cheaper if you subscribe for yearly, 3 year, etc). Also it lets you select the folders you want to back up. Other similar services such as BlackBlaze (even cheaper per month), back up nearly everything on your hard drive. Great if you want something simple, and want everything backed up. I'm glad i finally decided on doing this. I'd feel like such a fool if i lost my personal photo collection after i've been debating this for so long. All the memories. currently i have 3 copies of each picture. I have the original on my local drive, a copy on my external, and then a static copy on data DVDs. But if my house caught on fire, or something crazy happened, i'd probably lose all 3 copies. Online is best. Been uploading for a few days now. 40gb out of 250gb done! WOOT. lol Only a year left in uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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